| Better 1. (a.) Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air. 2. (a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect. 3. (a.) Greater in amount; larger; more. 4. (a.) Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better. 5. (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject. 6. (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy. 7. (n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural. 8. (compar.) In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. 9. (compar.) More correctly or thoroughly. 10. (compar.) In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another. 11. (compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better. 12. (v.) To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of. 13. (v.) To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise. 14. (v.) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel. 15. (v.) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of. 16. (v. i.) To become better; to improve. 17. (n.) One who bets or lays a wager. Thesaurus Entries a cut above, above, accommodate, acculturate, adapt, adjust, advance, advantage, ahead, alter, altered, ameliorate, amend, ascendant, beat, best, better for, better off, bettor, bigger, boost, brass hat, break up, bring forward, cap, capping, change, changeable, changed, choice, chosen, civilize, control, convert, converted, cured, deform, degenerate, denature, desirable, deviant, distinguished, divergent, diversify, eclipsing, edify, educate, elder, elevate, emend, eminent, enhance, enlighten, enrich, exceed, exceeding, excel, excellent, excelling, exceptional, fatten, favor, favored, favoring, finer, fit, forward, foster, gambler, gamester, go one better, go straight, greater, happier, help, higher, higher-up, improve, improve on, improve upon, improved, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, lard, larger, lift, major, make an improvement, marked, mastery, meliorate, mend, metamorphosed, metastasized, mitigate, modified, modify, modulate, more, more desirable, most, mutant, mutate, nurture, of choice, one up on, outdo, outshine, outstanding, outstrip, outweigh, over, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overthrow, overtop, perfect, predominate, preferable, preferably, preferential, preferred, preferring, preponderate, prevail, promote, punter, qualified, qualify, raise, rare, re-create, realign, rebuild, rebuilt, reconsider, reconstruct, recovered, redesign, refine upon, refit, reform, reformed, remake, renew, renewed, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, revived, revolutionary, richer, ring the changes, rivaling, senior, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, socialize, speculator, sport, straighten out, subversive, subvert, success, super, superior, superiority, superiors, surpass, surpassing, think better of, think twice, to be preferred, top, topping, tower above, tower over, transcend, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, transfigure, transform, transformed, translated, transmuted, triumph, trump, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, unmitigated, upgrade, uplift, upper, vary, wagerer, wealthier, well-advised, win, wiser, work a change, worse, worsen |