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bettersnounpl. of better one who is above another in rank, station, or officebe polite to your betters and to your inferiors in equal measure elders, seniors, superiors bosses, chiefs, heads, leaders, masters inferiors, subordinates, underlings assistants, deputies the more favorable condition or position in a competitionshe got the better of her opponents very early in the race advantages, bulges, catbird seats, drops, edges, high grounds, inside tracks, jumps, pulls, steads, upper hands, vantages, whip hands allowances, head starts, leads, legs up, margins, odds, startsascendancies(also ascendencies), commands, dominances, masteries, predominances, superiorities, supremacies, transcendences, transcendenciesprecedences, preferences, prerogatives, privileges, senioritiesbreaks, footholds, opportunitiesbenefits, blessings, boons, felicities, godsends, mannas, windfalls coigns of vantage disadvantages, drawbacks, handicaps, liabilities, minuses, penalties, strikes detriments, strangleholdsdisparities, imbalances, inequalitiesdisabilities, failings, impairments, shortcomingsbars, catches, checks, clogs, crimps, embarrassments, hindrances, hitches, hurdles, impediments, interferences, lets, manacles, obstacles, obstructions, rubs, shackles, stops, trammelslurches, setbacks to be greater, better, or stronger thanthis year's profits should better last year's by a wide margin beats, eclipses, exceeds, excels, outclasses, outdistances, outdoes, outguns, outmatches, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, towers (over), transcends one-ups, outpaces, outraces, outruns, overpassesbests, clobbers, conquers, crushes, defeats, drubs, licks, masters, outcompetes, outperforms, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), routs, shames, skunks, subdues, surmounts, thrashes, trims, triumphs (over), trounces, wallops, whips, wins (against), worstsoutbalances, outweighs, overbears, overshadows, trumps goes one better, runs circles around(or runs rings around) loses (to) to make bettersocial workers and reformers trying to better the lives of inner-city residents ameliorates, amends, enhances, enriches, helps, improves, meliorates, perfects, refines, upgrades corrects, emends, rectifies, reforms, remediates, remediesedits, fine-tunes, redrafts, refurbishes, rehabilitates, rehabs, revamps, revises, reworksbeefs (up), boosts, fortifies, intensifies, reinforces(also reenforces), strengthensfines, hones, polishesretouches, touches up worsens damages, endamages, harms, hurts, impairs, injures, spoils, tarnishes, vitiatesblemishes, blights, defaces, disfigures, flaws, marsdiminishes, lessens, lowers, reduces |