better

• "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"

• "father knows best"
• "I know better."

Synonyms

• bestget the better of; (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; in a most excellent way or manner; it would be sensible; from a position of superiority or authority; the supreme effort one can make; the person who is most outstanding or excellent; Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)

• "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 math than in history"

• "her health is better now"
• "I feel better"

• "it would be better to speak to him"
• "the White House thought it best not to respond"

Synonyms

• better(p)
• best(p)

• "argued for the better part of an hour"

• "a change for the better"

Synonyms

• bettorsomeone who bets
• wagerersomeone who bets
• puntersomeone who propels a boat with a pole ; (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground ; someone who bets

• "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"

• "chose the better of the two"

• "She bettered her own record"
• "break a record"

Synonyms

• breaksome abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; an unexpected piece of good luck; (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); a pause from doing something (as work); the act of breaking something; a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something ; breaking of hard tissue such as bone; the occurrence of breaking; an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool ; (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; a sudden dash; any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; an escape from jail; terminate; become separated into pieces or fragments; render inoperable or ineffective; ruin completely; destroy the integrity of; act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; move away or escape suddenly; scatter or part; force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; prevent completion; enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; make submissive, obedient, or useful; fail to agree with; surpass in excellence; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; come into being; stop operating or functioning; interrupt a continued activity; make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; lessen in force or effect; be broken in; come to an end; vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; cause to give up a habit; give up; come forth or begin from a state of latency; happen or take place; cause the failure or ruin of; invalidate by judicial action; discontinue an association or relation; assign to a lower position; reduce to bankruptcy; change directions suddenly ; emerge from the surface of a body of water; break down, literally or metaphorically; do a break dance; exchange for smaller units of money; destroy the completeness of a set of related items; make the opening shot that scatters the balls ; separate from a clinch, in boxing; go to pieces; break a piece from a whole; become punctured or penetrated; pierce or penetrate; be released or become known; cease an action temporarily; interrupt the flow of current in; undergo breaking; find a flaw in; find the solution or key to; change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; happen; become fractured; crack; fall sharply; fracture a bone of; diminish or discontinue abruptly; weaken or destroy in spirit or body

• "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

Synonyms

• improveto make better; get better
• amendmake amendments to; to make better; set straight or right
• ameliorateto make better; get better
• meliorateto make better; get better

• "The weather improved toward evening"

Synonyms

• improveto make better; get better
• ameliorateto make better; get better
• meliorateto make better; get better