BETTER
adverb
Definitions
- 1. In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. I could have better spared a better man. Shak.
- 2. More correctly or thoroughly. The better to understand the extent of our knowledge. Locke.
- 3. In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another. Never was monarch better feared, and loved. Shak.
- 4. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better. [Colloq.] To think better of (any one), to have a more favorable opinion of any one. -- To think better of (an opinion, resolution, etc.), to reconsider and alter one's decision.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
BETTER
(adjective)
1. Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air. Could make the worse ap...
BETTER
(noun)
1. Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.
2. One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in...
BETTER
(verb)
1. To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of. Love betters what is best. Wordsworth. He thought to better his circumstances. Thacker...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
