better

adjective

  1. 1

    (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

  2. 2

    (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

  3. 3

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

    her health is better now

    I feel better

  4. 4

    more than half

    argued for the better part of an hour

adverb

  1. 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

    a deed better left undone

noun

  1. 1

    something superior in quality or condition or effect

    a change for the better

  2. 2

    the superior one of two alternatives

    chose the better of the two

  3. 3

    a superior person having claim to precedence

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

  4. 4

    someone who bets

verb

  1. 1

    get better

    The weather improved toward evening

  2. 2

    to make better

    The editor improved the manuscript with his changes

  3. 3

    surpass in excellence

    She bettered her own record

    break a record

Synonyms

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