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Synonyms for better
adj excelling, more excellent

superior
improved
exceptional
sophisticated
preferred
choice
preferable

prominent
greater
larger
surpassing
exceeding
fitter
sharpened

bigger
finer
higher quality
more appropriate
more desirable
more fitting
more select

more suitable
more useful
more valuable
souped up
worthier

Antonyms for better

worse
smaller
inferior

sicker
unhealthy
littler

tinier
more ill

Synonyms
adj improved in health

improving
well
recovering
mending
convalescent

cured
fitter
progressing
fully recovered
healthier

less ill
more healthy
on the comeback trail
on the mend
on the road to recovery

out of the woods
over the hump
stronger

Antonyms

worse
smaller
sicker

unhealthy
littler
tinier

more ill

Synonyms
adj larger

more
preponderant

greater
longer

bigger
weightier

Antonyms

worse
smaller
sicker

unhealthy
littler
tinier

more ill

Synonyms
adv in a more excellent manner

more
preferably
greater

finer
in a superior way
more advantageously

more attractively
more competently
more completely

more effectively
more thoroughly
to a greater degree

Antonyms

worse

Synonyms
verb improve performance; outdo

advance
exceed
raise
beat
excel
surpass
enhance

correct
transcend
cap
help
reform
amend
top

rectify
revamp
forward
outshine
refine
outstrip
further

mend
ameliorate
promote
meliorate
best

Antonyms

retreat
decrease
block
harm
hinder
injure
obstruct
worsen
impair

corrupt
damage
ruin
cease
impede
deteriorate
stop
fail
fall behind

lower
reduce
lose
check
hurt
halt
get worse
be inferior

Usage Notes

Good is common as an adverb in informal speech, especially after forms of do: He did good on the test. She sees good with her new glasses. This use does not occur in formal speech or edited writing, where the adverb well is used instead: He did well on the test. She sees well with her new glasses. The adjective good is standard after linking verbs like taste, smell, look, feel, be, and seem: Everything tastes good. The biscuits smell good. You’re looking good today. When used after look or feel, good may refer to spirits as well as health: I’m feeling pretty good this morning, ready to take on the world. Well is both an adjective and an adverb. As an adjective used after look, feel, or other linking verbs, it often refers to good health: You’re looking well; we missed you while you were in the hospital. See also bad.
Concept Thesaurus for word better
3. Objects of volition
Synonyms – noun

good
greatest good
behoof
summum bonum
boot
good turn
piece of good fortune
godsend
happiness
pleasure giving

benefit
supreme good
behalf
common weal
profit
blessing
nuts
waif
[Source of good] goodness [more]

advantage
interest
weal
“consummation devoutly to be wished”
harvest.
world of good
prize
treasure trove.
utility

improvement
service
main chance
gain
boon (gift)
piece of good luck
windfall
good fortune (prosperity)
remedy

Synonyms – adjectives

commendable

useful

good, beneficial

Synonyms – phrases
so far so good; magnum bonum.
Antonyms

evil

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