BETTER


Meaning of BETTER in English

I . a.

1.

More good, more excellent, good in a higher degree.

2.

More useful, more valuable.

3.

Preferable, more desirable, more acceptable.

4.

More fit, more appropriate, more suitable.

5.

Improved in health, less ill.

6.

More familiar, more intimate. See various meanings of Good.

II . n.

1.

Superiority, advantage, victory, upper hand.

2.

Improvement, greater good.

3.

Superior.

4.

Bettor, wagerer, taker of odds.

III . ad.

1.

In a superior manner, in a more excellent way, more fully, more completely.

2.

With greater advantage, more usefully or profitably.

3.

More, in a higher degree.

IV . v. a.

Improve, amend, emend, meliorate, ameliorate, reform, correct, rectify, advance, promote, make or render ~.

V . v. n.

Grow, get, or become ~, improve, advance, mend, come up.

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms.      Словарь английских синонимов.