better

better [adj1] excelling, more excellent bigger, choice, exceeding, exceptional, finer, fitter, greater, higher quality, improved, larger, more appropriate, more desirable, more fitting, more select, more suitable, more useful, more valuable, preferable, preferred, prominent, sharpened, sophisticated, souped up*, superior, surpassing, worthier; concepts 568,572 —Ant. worse better [adj2] improved in health convalescent, cured, fitter, fully recovered, healthier, improving, less ill, mending, more healthy, on the comeback trail*, on the mend, on the road to recovery*, out of the woods*, over the hump*, progressing, recovering, stronger, well; concept 314 —Ant. more ill, sicker, unhealthy, worse better [adj3] larger bigger, greater, longer, more, preponderant, weightier; concepts 771,773 —Ant. littler, smaller, tinier better [adv] in a more excellent manner finer, greater, in a superior way, more, more advantageously, more attractively, more competently, more completely, more effectively, more thoroughly, preferably, to a greater degree; concepts 568,572 —Ant. worse better [v] improve performance; outdo advance, ameliorate, amend, beat, best, cap, correct, enhance, exceed, excel, forward, further, help, meliorate, mend, outshine, outstrip, promote, raise, rectify, refine, reform, revamp, surpass, top, transcend; concepts 141,244 —Ant. deteriorate, get worse, worsen