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Better definition

Better is an adjective meaning "(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." It has 13 meanings, as an adjective, a noun, a verb and an adverb, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
adjective, noun, verb, adverb
Syllables
2
Letters
6
How common
Everyday word

Better as an adjective

  1. (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"

  2. (comparative of ‘good’) changed for the better in health or fitness

    "her health is better now"

  3. (comparative and superlative of ‘well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable

    "it would be better to speak to him"

    Same sense: best

  4. more than half

    "argued for the better part of an hour"

Better as a noun

  1. something superior in quality or condition or effect

    "a change for the better"

  2. someone who bets

    Same sense: punter, bettor, wagerer

  3. a superior person having claim to precedence

    "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"

  4. the superior one of two alternatives

    "chose the better of the two"

Better as a verb

  1. surpass in excellence

    "She bettered her own record"

    Same sense: break

  2. to make better

    Same sense: improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

  3. get better

    Same sense: improve, ameliorate, meliorate

Better as an adverb

  1. 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"

  2. from a position of superiority or authority

    "I know better."

    Same sense: best

Synonyms and antonyms

Opposites: worse, worsen.

All synonyms of better, sense by sense

How to say better

Better has 2 syllables and rhymes with letter. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with better

BETTER in word games

Scrabble
8
Words With Friends
9
Anagrams
0

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Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.