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betteredverbpast tense of better to be greater, better, or stronger thanthis year's profits should better last year's by a wide margin beat, eclipsed, exceeded, excelled, outclassed, outdid, outdistanced, outgunned, outmatched, outshone(or outshined), outstripped, overtopped, surpassed, topped, towered (over), transcended one-upped, outpaced, outraced, outran, overpassedbested, clobbered, conquered, crushed, defeated, drubbed, licked, mastered, outcompeted, outperformed, overcame, overmatched, prevailed (over), routed, shamed, skunked, subdued, surmounted, thrashed, trimmed, triumphed (over), trounced, walloped, whipped, won (against), worstedoutbalanced, outweighed, overbore, overshadowed, trumped ran circles around(or ran rings around), went one better lost (to) to make bettersocial workers and reformers trying to better the lives of inner-city residents ameliorated, amended, enhanced, enriched, helped, improved, meliorated, perfected, refined, upgraded corrected, emended, rectified, reformed, remediated, remediededited, fine-tuned, redrafted, refurbished, rehabbed, rehabilitated, revamped, revised, reworkedbeefed (up), boosted, fortified, intensified, reinforced(also reenforced), strengthenedfined, honed, polishedretouched, touched up worsened damaged, endamaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt), tarnished, vitiatedblemished, blighted, defaced, disfigured, flawed, marreddiminished, lessened, lowered, reduced |