1. (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
   "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"; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"
    
2. (comparative of ‘good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
   "her health is better now"; "I feel better"
    
3. (comparative and superlative of ‘well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
   "it would be better to speak to him";
   - best
    
4. More than half
   "argued for the better part of an hour"

1. Comparative of ‘well’; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
   "better suited to the job"; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"
    
2. From a position of superiority or authority
   "I know better";
   - best

1. To make better
   "The new policy helped better the lives of many citizens";
   - improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate, mend
    
2. Get better
   "His condition bettered after the treatment";
   - improve, ameliorate, meliorate
    
3. Surpass in excellence
   "She bettered her own record";
   - break

1. Something superior in quality, condition or effect
   "a change for the better"
    
2. The superior one of two alternatives
   "chose the better of the two"
    
3. A superior person having claim to precedence
   "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"
    
4. Someone who bets or gambles
   "The better placed his money on the favourite to win";
   - bettor, wagerer, punter [informal]

1. Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
   "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"; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"
    
2. Morally admirable
   "Her good deeds were recognized by the community"
    
3. Having the normally expected amount
   "a good mile from here"; "gives good measure";
   - full
    
4. Deserving of respect or high regard
   "ruined the family's good name";
   - estimable, honorable [US], respectable, admirable, honourable [Brit, Cdn]
    
5. Agreeable or pleasing
   "we all had a good time"; "good manners"
    
6. Promoting or enhancing well-being
   "the experience was good for her";
   - beneficial
    
7. Of moral excellence
   "a genuinely good person";
   - just, upright
    
8. Generally admired
   "good taste"
    
9. 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]
    
10. Resulting favourably
    "it's a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed";
    - well
     
11. Most suitable or right for a particular purpose
    "a good time to plant tomatoes";
    - right, ripe
     
12. Thorough
    "gave the house a good cleaning"; "had a good workout";
    - proper
     
13. In excellent physical condition
    "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg";
    - sound
     
14. Tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
    "a good night's sleep";
    - salutary
     
15. Appealing to the mind
    "good music";
    - serious
     
16. Capable of pleasing
    "good looks"
     
17. Exerting force or influence
    "a warranty good for two years";
    - effective, in effect, in force
     
18. Financially safe
    "a good investment";
    - dependable, safe, secure
     
19. With or in a close or intimate relationship
    "a good friend";
    - dear, near
     
20. Not forged
    "a good dollar bill";
    - honest
     
21. Not left to spoil
    "the meat is still good";
    - unspoiled, unspoilt [Brit]

Sounds like: bettor

Derived forms: betters, bettering, bettered

See also: acceptable, advantageous, advisable, amended, ample, angelic, angelical, bang-up [N. Amer, informal], beatific, best, bully [informal], close, complete, copious, corking [Brit, informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy [informal], decent, discriminating, echt, favorable [US], favourable [Brit, Cdn], finer, fitter, fortunate, fresh, genuine, good, good enough, goodish, goodness, goody-goody [informal], great, green, groovy [informal], grouse [Austral, NZ, informal], healthful, healthier, healthy, hot [informal], improved, instagood, intellectual, keen, lovely, magnificent, major, moral, neat, nice, nifty [informal], not bad [informal], not half bad [informal], obedient, old, operative, opportune, peachy, pleasing, plenteous [literary], plentiful, quality, redeeming, redemptive, reputable, respectable, rich, right, righteous, ripper [Austral, informal], sainted, saintlike, saintly, satisfactory, saving, skilled, slap-up [informal], smashing [Brit, informal], solid, sound, superb, superior, swell [informal], virtuous, well behaved, well-behaved, white, worthy

Type of: alter, change, change state, exceed, gambler, good, goodness, higher-up [informal], modify, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, superior, superordinate, surmount, surpass, turn

Antonym: bad, evil, worse

Encyclopedia: Better