A Better Synonym Guide: Definition and Examples

Synonyms are words that sound similar and may mean the same thing or something similar. This guide looks at words that are similar to “better.” We also examine their root words and some examples to help you understand how to use them to build your vocabulary.

Let’s dive in!

What Does Better Mean?

Better is an adjective that characterizes something as being superior. As an adverb, it indicates that something is performed to a greater degree or more thoroughly.

Examples of sentences using better

His English used to be bad; It’s now better.
The best part of it is that she has gotten better at writing.
I think a dictionary is better than a thesaurus.

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Better Synonym Examples: Words with Similar Meanings

Better synonym examples are superior, finer, greater, preferable, recommended, and a cut above. Others similar words are healthier, fitter, stronger, well, cured, and healed.

Improved

Improved means enhancing, making desirable, or putting a thing in excellent condition. In terms of land, better land means making it more valuable by enclosure, arable, or more profitable.

Improve (v.) was first used in late 15c. It meant “to use to one’s profit, to increase (income).” It stems from Anglo-French emprouwer, which means “to turn to profit” (late 13c.)

Examples of sentences with improved

Since I started attending tutorials, my grades have improved.
Outlining the words has improved our writing efficiency.
Nancy has improved her English skills.

Exceptional

The word ‘exceptional’ means to transcend the norm, the customary, the good, or the expected. Exceptional implies a rare occurrence. It denotes something not typical, far superior to the average in terms of quality, competence, etc.

It first appeared in 1828 to mean “out of the ordinary course, forming an exception, unusual.” Exceptionalism, which means “the fact or quality of being exceptional” in some way, has been around since 1864.

The phrase “American exceptionalism” has been around since 1929. Communists first used it to discuss whether the U.S. is in some way not subject to the historical rules of Marxism.

It has been used in other ways since then, often to imply (and criticize) a belief that the U.S. is somehow special.

Examples of sentences with exceptional

We are interested in people who have exceptional abilities.
She is exceptional.
What makes you exceptional?

To Wrap Up

Synonyms are words that mean the same thing but have different meanings. A synonym can be a word that means something different or the same. It all depends on what it is being used for.

Learning the word’s other names, you can better understand what it means and how to use them.