(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(adj.all)
Example: 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.
source: wordnet30
(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness(adj.all)
a superior person having claim to precedence(noun.person)
Example: The common man has been kept in his place by his betters.
source: wordnet30
the superior one of two alternatives(noun.attribute)
Example: Chose the better of the two.
source: wordnet30
Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.(noun)
source: webster1913
One who bets or lays a wager.(noun)
source: webster1913
adverb (r)
comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.(adv.all)
Example: She had never sung better.
A deed better left undone.
Better suited to the job.
source: wordnet30
from a position of superiority or authority(adv.all)
Example: I know better..
source: wordnet30
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.(adverb)
source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable(adj.all)
