DICTOMETER

BETTER

(better, good, well, mejor, mejorar, bien, buen, bueno, pozo, pues, ricamente, bedre, bra, flink, god, gode, godt, borehull, brønn, vel)

1. Synonyms:
   • Better
   Definitions:
   • something superior in quality or condition or effect
   Examples:
   • A change for the better
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Bettor
   • Better
   • Wagerer
   • Punter
   Definitions:
   • someone who bets
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Better
   Definitions:
   • a superior person having claim to precedence
   Examples:
   • The common man has been kept in his place by his betters
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Better
   Definitions:
   • the superior one of two alternatives
   Examples:
   • Chose the better of the two
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Better
   • Break
   Definitions:
   • surpass in excellence
   Examples:
   • She bettered her own record
   • Break a record
   Antonyms:
   worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Better
   • Improve
   • Amend
   • Ameliorate
   • Meliorate
   Definitions:
   • to make better
   Examples:
   • The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
   Antonyms:
   worsen, decline
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Better
   • Improve
   • Ameliorate
   • Meliorate
   Definitions:
   • get better
   Examples:
   • The weather improved toward evening
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Better
   Definitions:
   • (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability
   • more highly skilled than another
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • WORSE
   • worsened
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Better
   Definitions:
   • (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
   Examples:
   • Her health is better now
   • I feel better
   Antonyms:
   • WORSE
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Better
   • Best
   Definitions:
   • (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
   Examples:
   • It would be better to speak to him
   • The White House thought it best not to respond
   Antonyms:
   • Inadvisable
   • Unadvisable
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Better
   Definitions:
   • more than half
   Examples:
   • Argued for the better part of an hour
   Antonyms:
   • Minor
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Good
   Definitions:
   • having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
   Examples:
   • Good news from the hospital
   • A good report card
   • When she was good she was very very good
   • A good knife is one good for cutting
   • This stump will make a good picnic table
   • A good check
   • A good joke
   • A good exterior paint
   • A good secretary
   • A good dress for the office
   Antonyms:
   • BAD
   • atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
   • corked, corky
   • deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
   • fearful, frightful
   • hard, tough
   • hopeless
   • horrid
   • icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky
   • ill
   • incompetent, unskilled
   • mediocre
   • naughty
   • negative
   • poor
   • pretty
   • rubber, no-good
   • severe
   • swingeing
   • uncool
   • unfavorable, unfavourable
   • unsuitable
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Full
   • Good
   Definitions:
   • having the normally expected amount
   Examples:
   • Gives full measure
   • Gives good measure
   • A good mile from here
   Antonyms:
   • Meager
   • Meagre
   • Meagerly
   • Stingy
   • Scrimpy
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Good
   Definitions:
   • morally admirable
   Antonyms:
   • EVIL
   • atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous
   • bad
   • black, dark, sinister
   • corruptive, perversive, pestiferous
   • demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy
   • despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
   • devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean
   • evil-minded
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Estimable
   • Good
   • Honorable
   • Respectable
   Definitions:
   • deserving of esteem and respect
   Examples:
   • All respectable companies give guarantees
   • Ruined the family's good name
   Antonyms:
   • Disreputable
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Beneficial
   • Good
   Definitions:
   • promoting or enhancing well-being
   Examples:
   • An arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries
   • The beneficial effects of a temperate climate
   • The experience was good for her
   Antonyms:
   • Disadvantageous
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Good
   Definitions:
   • agreeable or pleasing
   Examples:
   • We all had a good time
   • Good manners
   Antonyms:
   • Nasty
   • Awful
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Good
   • Just
   • Upright
   Definitions:
   • of moral excellence
   Examples:
   • A genuinely good person
   • A just cause
   • An upright and respectable man
   Antonyms:
   • Unrighteous
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Adept
   • Expert
   • Good
   • Practiced
   • Proficient
   • Skillful
   • Skilful
   Definitions:
   • having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
   Examples:
   • Adept in handicrafts
   • An adept juggler
   • An expert job
   • A good mechanic
   • A practiced marksman
   • A proficient engineer
   • A lesser-known but no less skillful composer
   • The effect was achieved by skillful retouching
   Antonyms:
   • Unskilled
   
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Good
   Definitions:
   • thorough
   Examples:
   • Had a good workout
   • Gave the house a good cleaning
   Antonyms:
   • Incomplete
   • Uncomplete
   
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Dear
    • Good
    • Near
    Definitions:
    • with or in a close or intimate relationship
    Examples:
    • A good friend
    • My sisters and brothers are near and dear
    Antonyms:
    • Distant
    • Remote
    
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Dependable
    • Good
    • Safe
    • Secure
    Definitions:
    • financially sound
    Examples:
    • A good investment
    • A secure investment
    Antonyms:
    • Unsound
    
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Good
    • Right
    • Ripe
    Definitions:
    • most suitable or right for a particular purpose
    Examples:
    • A good time to plant tomatoes
    • The right time to act
    • The time is ripe for great sociological changes
    Antonyms:
    • Inopportune
    
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Good
    • Well
    Definitions:
    • resulting favorably
    Examples:
    • It's a good thing that I wasn't there
    • It is good that you stayed
    • It is well that no one saw you
    • All's well that ends well
    Antonyms:
    • Unfortunate
    
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Effective
    • Good
    • In effect
    • In force
    Definitions:
    • exerting force or influence
    Examples:
    • The law is effective immediately
    • A warranty good for two years
    • The law is already in effect (or in force)
    Antonyms:
    • Inoperative
    
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Good
    Definitions:
    • capable of pleasing
    Examples:
    • Good looks
    Antonyms:
    • Displeasing
    
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Good
    • Serious
    Definitions:
    • appealing to the mind
    Examples:
    • Good music
    • A serious book
    Antonyms:
    • Nonintellectual
    
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Good
    • Sound
    Definitions:
    • in excellent physical condition
    Examples:
    • Good teeth
    • I still have one good leg
    • A sound mind in a sound body
    Antonyms:
    • Unhealthy
    
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Good
    • Salutary
    Definitions:
    • tending to promote physical well-being
    • beneficial to health
    Examples:
    • Beneficial effects of a balanced diet
    • A good night's sleep
    • The salutary influence of pure air
    Antonyms:
    • Unhealthful
    
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Good
    • Honest
    Definitions:
    • not forged
    Examples:
    • A good dollar bill
    Antonyms:
    • Counterfeit
    • Imitative
    
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Good
    • Undecomposed
    • Unspoiled
    • Unspoilt
    Definitions:
    • not left to spoil
    Examples:
    • The meat is still good
    Antonyms:
    • Stale
    
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Good
    Definitions:
    • generally admired
    Examples:
    • Good taste
    Antonyms:
    • Undiscriminating
    • Indiscriminating
    
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
   Examples:
   • Appears to be entirely well
   • The wound is nearly well
   • A well man
   • I think I'm well
   • At least I feel well
   Antonyms:
   • ILL
   • afflicted, stricken
   • aguish
   • ailing, indisposed, peaked(predicate), poorly(predicate), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy
   • airsick, air sick, carsick, seasick
   • autistic
   • bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed
   • bilious, liverish, livery
   • bronchitic
   • consumptive
   • convalescent, recovering
   • delirious, hallucinating
   • diabetic
   • dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous
   • dyspeptic
   • faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded
   • feverish, feverous
   • funny
   • gouty
   • green
   • laid low(predicate), stricken
   • laid up(predicate)
   • milk-sick
   • nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish
   • palsied
   • paralytic, paralyzed
   • paraplegic
   • rickety, rachitic
   • scrofulous
   • sneezy
   • spastic
   • tubercular, tuberculous
   • unhealed
   • upset
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Good
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • resulting favorably
   Examples:
   • It's a good thing that I wasn't there
   • It is good that you stayed
   • It is well that no one saw you
   • All's well that ends well
   Antonyms:
   • Unfortunate
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • wise or advantageous and hence advisable
   Examples:
   • It would be well to start early
   Antonyms:
   • Inadvisable
   • Unadvisable
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Better
   Definitions:
   • comparative of `well'
   • in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
   Examples:
   • She had never sung better
   • A deed better left undone
   • Better suited to the job
   Antonyms:
   ill, badly, poorly
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Better
   • Best
   Definitions:
   • from a position of superiority or authority
   Examples:
   • Father knows best
   • I know better.
   Antonyms:
   ill, badly
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Good
   Definitions:
   • (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
   Examples:
   • The children behaved well
   • A task well done
   • The party went well
   • He slept well
   • A well-argued thesis
   • A well-seasoned dish
   • A well-planned party
   • The baby can walk pretty good
   Antonyms:
   ill, badly, poorly
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • thoroughly or completely
   • fully
   • often used as a combining form
   Examples:
   • The problem is well understood
   • She was well informed
   • Shake well before using
   • In order to avoid food poisoning be sure the meat is well cooked
   • Well-done beef, well-satisfied customers
   • Well-educated
   Antonyms:
   ill, badly
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Easily
   Definitions:
   • indicating high probability
   • in all likelihood
   Examples:
   • I might well do it
   • A mistake that could easily have ended in disaster
   • You may well need your umbrella
   • He could equally well be trying to deceive us
   Antonyms:
   badly
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
   Examples:
   • A book well worth reading
   • Was well aware of the difficulties ahead
   • Suspected only too well what might be going on
   Antonyms:
   badly, disadvantageously
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
   Examples:
   • The project was well underway
   • The fetus has well developed organs
   • His father was well pleased with his grades
   Antonyms:
   badly
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • favorably
   • with approval
   Examples:
   • Their neighbors spoke well of them
   • He thought well of the book
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Considerably
   • Substantially
   Definitions:
   • to a great extent or degree
   Examples:
   • I'm afraid the film was well over budget
   • Painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
   • The house has fallen considerably in value
   • The price went up substantially
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Well
   • Intimately
   Definitions:
   • with great or especially intimate knowledge
   Examples:
   • We knew them well
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Well
   Definitions:
   • with prudence or propriety
   Examples:
   • You would do well to say nothing more
   • Could not well refuse
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Well
    Definitions:
    • with skill or in a pleasing manner
    Examples:
    • She dances well
    • He writes well
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Well
    • Advantageously
    Definitions:
    • in a manner affording benefit or advantage
    Examples:
    • She married well
    • The children were settled advantageously in Seattle
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Well
    • Comfortably
    Definitions:
    • in financial comfort
    Examples:
    • They live well
    • She has been able to live comfortably since her husband died
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Well
    Definitions:
    • without unusual distress or resentment
    • with good humor
    Examples:
    • Took the joke well
    • Took the tragic news well