Alternative to the word better

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1. better

   To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.

   Synonyms:
   advance, ameliorate, amend, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repair

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

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1. betternoun

   something superior in quality or condition or effect

   «a change for the better»

   Synonyms:
   punter, wagerer, bettor

   Antonyms:
   inadvisable, minor, worse, unadvisable, worsened, exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, decline

2. bettor, better, wagerer, punternoun

   someone who bets

   Synonyms:
   better, punter, wagerer, bettor

   Antonyms:
   worsened, minor, unadvisable, worse, inadvisable, exacerbate, decline, exasperate, aggravate, worsen

3. betternoun

   a superior person having claim to precedence

   «the common man has been kept in his place by his betters»

   Synonyms:
   punter, wagerer, bettor

   Antonyms:
   worse, minor, unadvisable, worsened, inadvisable, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate, exasperate, decline

4. betteradjective

   the superior one of two alternatives

   «chose the better of the two»

   Synonyms:
   punter, wagerer, bettor

   Antonyms:
   worse, inadvisable, worsened, unadvisable, minor, worsen, exasperate, aggravate, decline, exacerbate

5. betteradjective

   (comparative of `good’) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

   «You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din»; «a better coat»; «a better type of car»; «a suit with a better fit»; «a better chance of success»; «produced a better mousetrap»; «she’s better in math than in history»

   Synonyms:
   better(p), best(p)

   Antonyms:
   worsened, inadvisable, worse, unadvisable, minor, exasperate, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate, decline

6. betteradjective

   (comparative of `good’) changed for the better in health or fitness

   «her health is better now»; «I feel better»

   Synonyms:
   better(p), best(p)

   Antonyms:
   worsened, worse, minor, unadvisable, inadvisable, exacerbate, worsen, aggravate, decline, exasperate

7. better(p), best(p)adjective

   (comparative and superlative of `well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable

   «it would be better to speak to him»; «the White House thought it best not to respond»

   Antonyms:
   worse, worsened, inadvisable, minor, unadvisable, worsen, aggravate, decline, exasperate, exacerbate

8. betterverb

   more than half

   «argued for the better part of an hour»

   Synonyms:
   better(p), best(p)

   Antonyms:
   worsened, unadvisable, worse, minor, inadvisable, worsen, exacerbate, aggravate, exasperate, decline

9. better, breakverb

   surpass in excellence

   «She bettered her own record»; «break a record»

   Synonyms:
   demote, kick downstairs, cave in, collapse, let on, break-dance, bring out, interrupt, offend, reveal, die, disclose, burst, split up, pause, fail, smash, crack, wear out, weaken, get around, go bad, break up, amend, expose, transgress, break away, split, unwrap, come apart, bankrupt, improve, ruin, dampen, give away, get out, break off, separate, fall apart, break out, fall in, give out, go, founder, break in, bust, break dance, stop, intermit, ameliorate, divulge, breach, check, snap off, damp, soften, violate, erupt, give, fracture, develop, break down, discontinue, give way, conk out, better, part, relegate, meliorate, break, bump, infract, go against, recrudesce, discover, wear, let out

   Antonyms:
   worse, unadvisable, minor, worsened, inadvisable, decline, exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

10. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb

    to make better

    «The editor improved the manuscript with his changes»

    Synonyms:
    better, improve, repair, remedy, amend, meliorate, remediate, break, ameliorate, rectify

    Antonyms:
    worse, inadvisable, minor, worsened, unadvisable, worsen, exacerbate, decline, exasperate, aggravate

11. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorateadverb

    get better

    «The weather improved toward evening»

    Synonyms:
    better, ameliorate, meliorate, break, improve, amend

    Antonyms:
    worse, unadvisable, minor, worsened, inadvisable, worsen, exasperate, decline, aggravate, exacerbate

12. betteradverb

    comparative of `well’; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.

    «She had never sung better»; «a deed better left undone»; «better suited to the job»

    Synonyms:
    best

    Antonyms:
    worse, minor, inadvisable, worsened, unadvisable, worsen, exasperate, aggravate, decline, exacerbate

13. better, bestadverb

    from a position of superiority or authority

    «father knows best»; «I know better.»

    Synonyms:
    better, best

    Antonyms:
    unadvisable, inadvisable, worsened, worse, minor, aggravate, decline, worsen, exasperate, exacerbate

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. betteradjective

   Synonyms:
   more good, more excellent, good in a higher degree

2. betteradjective

   Synonyms:
   more useful, more valuable

3. betteradjective

   Synonyms:
   preferable, more desirable, more acceptable

4. betteradjective

   Synonyms:
   more fit, more appropriate, more suitable

5. betteradjective

   Synonyms:
   improved in health, less ill

6. betteradjective

   Synonyms:
   more familiar, more intimate

7. betternoun

   Synonyms:
   superiority, advantage

8. betternoun

   Synonyms:
   improvement, greater good

9. betternoun

   Synonyms:
   superior

10. betteradjective

    Synonyms:
    in a superior manner, in a more excellent way, more fully, more completely

11. betteradjective

    Synonyms:
    with greater advantage, more usefully or profitably

12. betteradjective

    Synonyms:
    more, in a higher degree

13. betterverb

    Synonyms:
    improve, amend, emend, meliorate, ameliorate, reform, make or render better

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1. betternoun

   Synonyms:
   upper hand, domination, advantage, control, superiority, improvement

2. betterverb

   Synonyms:
   ameliorate, improve, emend, promote, reform, meliorate, amend

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1. List of paraphrases for «better»:

   best, improved, more, greater, improve, improving, improvement, preferable, enhanced, migliore, mieux, parem, brighter, higher, enhance, clearer, easier

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1. Xavier VanHove:

   They’ve been far too complacent. What is clear is they’ll have to do whatever they do at the last possible minute, but, here’s the silver lining. This is actually forcing them to look at systems harder than they otherwise might. So this difficult, long and tedious exercise will eventually make RBS a much better and more efficient bank.

2. Giannis Antetokounmpo:

   I think this game definitely made us better.

3. John Rumsfeld:

   Care has traditionally been delivered inside the walls of the hospital or inside the walls of the clinic, we need to undergo digital transformation in healthcare in the John Rumsfeld, not just because of the cost of care, or to improve efficiency, but also to be better at what we do by reaching people as they go about their lives.

4. Justin Olson:

   My wife wants closure on this, so a denial of clemency would be better than another delayed decision.

5. Mo Brooks:

   The president understands that we have a lot of RINO Republicans who may speak kindly to him in his presence, but stab him in the back when he doesn’t see it. And he’s learned a lot from his four years in the presidency, the president is doing a much better job of discerning who really does support the MAGA agenda and who just mouths those words but doesn’t mean it and won’t do it if elected.

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