better
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(adverb) 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" |
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(satellite 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" |
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Synonyms: best |
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(verb) get better; "The weather improved toward evening." |
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Synonyms: ameliorate, improve, meliorate |
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Related Words: bounce back, change state, convalesce, fructify, get over, get well, heal, mend, pick up, pull round, recover, recuperate, reform, remit, straighten out, turn, turn around |
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Antonyms: worsen |
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(verb) to make better in quality or more valuable; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes." |
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Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, improve, meliorate |
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Related Words: advance, aid, alleviate, alter, assuage, beautify, build, bushel, change, condition, develop, distill, doctor, down, educate, embellish, emend, enhance, enrich, fine-tune, fix, fructify, furbish up, help, hone, iron out, lift, make pure, mend, palliate, perfect, polish, prettify, purify, put right, raise, refine, reform, regenerate, rehabilitate, relieve, repair, restore, revitalize, straighten out, sublimate, touch on, upgrade |
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Antonyms: worsen |
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(adjective) (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" |
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Antonyms: worse |
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(adjective) (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better" |
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Antonyms: worse |
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(adverb) from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." |
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Synonyms: best |
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(verb) surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" |
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Synonyms: break |
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Related Words: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outstrip, surmount, surpass |
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(satellite adjective) more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour" |
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(noun) something better: "I expected better of him" |
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Related Words: good, goodness |
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(noun) the superior one of two alternatives: "chose the better of the two" |
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Related Words: good, goodness |
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(noun) one having claim to precedence; a superior: "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" |
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Related Words: superior |
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(noun) someone who bets |
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Synonyms: bettor, punter, wagerer |
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Related Words: gambler, taker |
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