Meaning
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- comparative degree of good
- comparative degree of well
- Greater in amount or quantity
- Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
- Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
Synonyms
make better
enhance
be better
more excellent
Bata
less objectionable
be great
much better
it’s better
change for the better
feel better
make an adjustment
would rather
better than
feel good
much more
the contrary
be better than
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bet‧ter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɛtə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English better, bettre, betre, from Old English betera (“better”), from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô (“better”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed-rós, from *bʰed- (“good”). Cognate with Sanskrit भद्र (bhadrá, “blessed, fortunate, happy, good”) (from *bʰn̥d-ró-s). For Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *batizô. Related to best and battle (“getting better, improving, fruitful, fertile”). Compare also Icelandic batna (“to improve”), bót (“improvement”), German besser. More at batten, boot. Persian بهتر (behtar) is a false cognate.
good
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- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- Competent or talented.
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- (colloquial) Accepting of, OK with
- Of high rank or birth.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- Effective.
- (obsolete) Real; actual; serious.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Right, proper, as it should be.
- Healthful.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Favourable.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- (colloquial) Very, extremely. See good and.
- (colloquial) Ready.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- Reasonable in amount.
- Large in amount or size.
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
well
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- Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- Completely, fully.
- To a significant degree.
- (slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
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