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Synonyms for better
to a greater degree
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- to a greater degree
- more completely
- more thoroughly
in a more excellent manner
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- in a more excellent manner
- more effectively
- more attractively
- more advantageously
- more competently
- in a superior way
Antonyms
well
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- well
- stronger
- improving
- progressing
- recovering
- healthier
- cured
- mending
- fitter
- fully recovered
- on the mend
- more healthy
- less ill
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superior
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- superior
- finer
- nicer
- worthier
- higher-quality
- surpassing
- preferable
- more appropriate
- more useful
- more valuable
- more suitable
- more desirable
- streets ahead
- more fitting
- more expert
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improve
get the better of someone
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- defeat
- beat
- surpass
- triumph over
- outdo
- trounce
- outwit
- best
- subjugate
- prevail over
- outsmart
- get the upper hand
- score off
- run rings around
- wipe the floor with
- make mincemeat of
- blow out of the water
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Synonyms for better
of greater excellence than another
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to a greater extent
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a dominating position, as in a conflict
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Synonyms for better
a superior person having claim to precedence
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surpass in excellence
to make better
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- alleviate
- relieve
- palliate
- assuage
- aid
- help
- revitalize
- regenerate
- alter
- change
- modify
- enrich
- build up
- develop
- ameliorate
- improve
- meliorate
- better
- turn around
- upgrade
- condition
- emend
- iron out
- put right
- straighten out
- enhance
- fix
- furbish up
- mend
- repair
- bushel
- doctor
- touch on
- restore
- reform
- beautify
- fancify
- prettify
- embellish
- build
- perfect
- hone
- fine-tune
- refine
- polish
- down
- distill
- make pure
- purify
- sublimate
- fructify
- lift
- raise
- advance
- educate
get better
(comparative of 'good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability
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(comparative of 'good') changed for the better in health or fitness
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(comparative and superlative of 'well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
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more than half
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from a position of superiority or authority
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