Better

/ˈbɛt.ə/

Synonyms for "better" (269 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (54)

a cut aboveabove accommodate acculturate adapt adjust advance advantage ahead alter altered ameliorate amenable amend ancient ascendant bang beat benefit best

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better forbetter offbettor bigger boostbrass hatbreak upbring forwardcap capping change changeable changed choice chosen civilize clear compensate control convert converted correct cultivate

Verb(5 words)

ameliorate ameliorated ameliorates amend break

Noun(2 words)

ameliorating bettor

Adjective(3 words)

bestbetter tochoicer

Adverb(1 words)

best

Strong matches (81)

cure cured deform degenerate denature desirable deviant dignify ding distinguished divergent diversify ease eclipsing edify educate elder elevate emend eminent

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enhance enlighten enrich exceed exceeding excel excellent excelling exceptional fatten favor favored favoring finer fit forward foster gambler gamestergo one bettergo straightgreater happier heighten help higher higher-up illuminate improveimprove onimprove uponimprovedin ascendancyin the ascendantincrease lard larger lift majormake an improvementmarked mastery meliorate mend metamorphosed metastasized mitigate modified modify

Adjective(7 words)

danker excellent gnarlier greathad betterhealthier improved

Verb(5 words)

improveimprove behavioral qualityimprove ecological stateimproves meliorate

Related words (134)

modulate moremore desirablemost mutant mutate nurtureof choiceone up onoutdo outshine outstanding outstrip outweigh over overbalance overbear overcome overpass overthrow

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overtop perfect polish predominate preferable preferably preferential preferred preferring preponderate prevail promote punter qualified qualify raise rarere createre-create realign rebuild rebuilt reconsider reconstruct recovered redesign refinerefine uponrefit reform reformed remake renew renewed reshape restore restructure revamp revive revived revolutionary richerring the changesripen rivaling select senior shadeshift the sceneshuffle the cardssocialize speculator sportstraighten outsubversive subvert success super superior superiority superiors surmount surpass surpassingthink better ofthink twiceto be preferredtop toppingtower abovetower overtranscend transcendent transcendental transcending transfigure transform transformed translated transmuted triumph trumpturn over a new leafturn the scaleturn the tablesturn the tideturn upside downunmitigated upgrade uplift upper vary vintage wagerer wealthier well-advised win wiserwork a changeworse worsen

Adjective(9 words)

more appropriatemore effectivelymore efficientlymore skillfullymore suitablenice preferable superior wonderful

Adverb(1 words)

more optimal soil moisture

Determiner(1 words)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

30 entries

advantage advisability alter changechange statecomparative adverbconditiondiscourse adverbexceed exclamation gambler good goodness higher-up interjectionmodal expression

Showing 16 of 30 words.

More specific

13 entries

better gradebetter performancebetter toencouragement exclamationfull recoverygreat interjectionhad bettermild symptomsmore effectivelymore efficientlymore skillfullymore suitable methodpreferable option

Collocations

17 entries

better chancebetter gradebetter healthbetter ideabetter optionbetter planbetter resultbetter resultsbetter solutionbetter thanbetter understandingbetter waybetter yetdo betterfeel betterget better

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Inflections

4 entries

best bettered bettering betters

Derivations

5 entries

bettered bettering betterment betterness betters

Antonyms

2 entries

worse worsen

similar

12 entries

advisable ameliorate amend amended finer fitter good healthier improve improved major meliorate

Translations

110 translations across 86 languages.

Alviri-Vidari

1 entries

ودرتر adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

βέλτερος adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
βελτίων adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
καλλίων adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
κρείσσων adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Arabic

2 entries

أَحْسَن adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
أَفْضَل adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Armenian

1 entries

ավելի լավ adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Assamese

1 entries

-কৈ ভাল adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Asturian

1 entries

meyor adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Basque

1 entries

hobe adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Belarusian

1 entries

ле́пшы adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Bengali

2 entries

আফজল adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
আরও ভাল adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Breton

2 entries

gwell adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
gwelloc'h adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Bulgarian

1 entries

по-добър adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Catalan

1 entries

millor adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

更好 adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
比較好的 /比较好的 adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
較好的 /较好的 adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Cornish

1 entries

gwell adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Czech

1 entries

lepší adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Danish

1 entries

bedre adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Dutch

1 entries

beter adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Esperanto

1 entries

pli bona adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Estonian

1 entries

parem adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Faroese

1 entries

betri adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Finnish

1 entries

parempi adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

French

1 entries

meilleur adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Friulian

1 entries

miôr adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Galician

1 entries

mellor adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Georgian

2 entries

უკეთესი adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
უმჯობესი adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

German

1 entries

besser adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Greek

1 entries

καλύτερος adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Hindi

1 entries

बेहतर adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Hungarian

1 entries

jobb adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Icelandic

1 entries

betri adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Ido

2 entries

maxim adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
plu bona adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Indonesian

1 entries

lebih baik adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Interlingua

1 entries

melior adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Irish

1 entries

níos fearr adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Italian

2 entries

meglio adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
migliore adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries

beta adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Japanese

2 entries

もっといい adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
より良い adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Karelian

1 entries

parempi adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

tǖmêi adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Korean

1 entries

더 좋은 adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Ladin

1 entries

miec adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Latin

2 entries

melior adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
potior adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Macedonian

1 entries

подобар adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Malay

2 entries

lebih bagus adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
lebih baik adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Neapolitan

1 entries

meglio adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Norman

1 entries

miyeu adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

baştir adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

bedre adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

betre adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Occitan

1 entries

melhor adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Old English

1 entries

betera adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

лєпши adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Persian

2 entries

بختر adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
بِهتَر adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

bäta adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Polish

1 entries

lepszy adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Portuguese

1 entries

melhor adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Romani

1 entries

feder adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Romanian

2 entries

mai bine adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
mai bun adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Romansch

1 entries

meglier adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Russian

2 entries

лу́чше adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
лу́чший adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Sanskrit

1 entries

श्रेयस् adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Sardinian

3 entries

meglius adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
megnus adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
mellus adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

nas fheàrr adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

bolji adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
bȍljē adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
бо̏ље̄ adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Sicilian

1 entries

megghiu adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Sindhi

1 entries

بِهتَر adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Slovak

1 entries

lepší adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Slovene

1 entries

bóljši adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Spanish

1 entries

mejor adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

betre adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Swahili

1 entries

bora adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Swedish

1 entries

bättre adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Thai

1 entries

ดีกว่า adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Turkish

1 entries

daha iyi adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Ukrainian

2 entries

кра́щий adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
лі́пший adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Urdu

1 entries

بہتر adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Venetan

1 entries

mejo adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Veps

1 entries

paremba adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Vietnamese

3 entries

khoẻ hơn adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
khá hơn adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
tốt hơn adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Volapük

1 entries

gudikum adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Võro

1 entries

parõmb adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Walloon

1 entries

meyeu adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Welsh

1 entries

gwell adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Yakut

1 entries

бэт adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Yiddish

1 entries

בעסער adj (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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You're in better shape than I am.

Source: tatoeba (1295)

I have nothing better to do.

Source: tatoeba (1451)

Whatever I do, she says I can do better.

Source: tatoeba (1472)

Better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.

Source: tatoeba (1693)

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