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Adjective: better betu(r)- (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 maths than in history" - (comparative of 'good') changed for the better in health or fitness
"her health is better now"; "I feel better" - (comparative and superlative of 'well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
"it would be better to speak to him"
- best - More than half
"argued for the better part of an hour"
Adverb: better betu(r)- 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" - From a position of superiority or authority
"I know better."
- best
Verb: better betu(r)- Surpass in excellence
"She bettered her own record"
- break - To make better
- improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate - Get better
- improve, ameliorate, meliorate
Noun: better betu(r)- Something superior in quality or condition or effect
"a change for the better" - Someone who bets
- bettor, wagerer, punter - A superior person having claim to precedence
"the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" - The superior one of two alternatives
"chose the better of the two"
Adjective: good (better,best) gûd- Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
"good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office" - Having the normally expected amount
"gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"
- full - Morally admirable
- Deserving of esteem and respect
"ruined the family's good name"
- estimable, honorable [US], respectable, honourable [Brit, Cdn] - Promoting or enhancing well-being
"the experience was good for her"
- beneficial - Agreeable or pleasing
"we all had a good time"; "good manners" - Of moral excellence
"a genuinely good person"
- just, upright - Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
"a good mechanic"
- adept, expert, practiced [N. Amer], proficient, skillful [N. Amer], skilful [Brit, Cdn], practised [Brit, Cdn] - Thorough
"had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning" - With or in a close or intimate relationship
"a good friend"
- dear, near - Financially sound
"a good investment"
- dependable, safe, secure - Most suitable or right for a particular purpose
"a good time to plant tomatoes"
- right, ripe - Resulting favourably
"it's a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"
- well - Exerting force or influence
"a warranty good for two years"
- effective, in effect, in force - Capable of pleasing
"good looks" - Appealing to the mind
"good music"
- serious - In excellent physical condition
"good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"
- sound - Tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
"a good night's sleep"
- salutary - Not forged
"a good dollar bill"
- honest - Not left to spoil
"the meat is still good"
- undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt - Generally admired
"good taste"
Sounds like: bettor Derived forms: bettering, betters, bettered See also: acceptable, advantageous, advisable, amended, ample, angelic, angelical, bang-up, beatific, best, bet, betterment, bully, close, complete, corking, cracking, dandy, discriminating, echt, favorable [US], favourable [Brit, Cdn], finer, fitter, fortunate, fresh, genuine, good, good enough, goodish, goodness, goody-goody, great, groovy, grouse [Austral, NZ], healthful, healthier, healthy, hot, improved, intellectual, keen, major, moral, neat, nice, nifty, not bad, obedient, operative, opportune, peachy, pleasing, quality, redeeming, redemptive, reputable, respectable, right, righteous, ripper [Austral], sainted, saintlike, saintly, satisfactory, saving, skilled, slap-up, smashing, solid, sound, superb, swell, virtuous, well behaved, well-behaved, white, worthy Type of: alter, change, change state, exceed, gambler, good, goodness, higher-up, modify, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, superior, superordinate, surmount, surpass, turn Antonym: bad, evil, worse, worsen Encyclopedia: Better Good, Roger Good, Highest, The Good Good, WV Good, giving and game Good, giving, and game Good, West Virginia |