BETTERED Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

bettered

verb

past tense of better

as in surpassed

to be greater, better, or stronger than this year's profits should better last year's by a wide margin

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lost (to)

as in improved

to make better social workers and reformers trying to better the lives of inner-city residents

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Recent Examples of bettered Overall, Hungary scored 25 goals in their four matches en route to the final, with Kocsis’ 11 for the tournament only bettered by France’s Just Fontaine’s 13 in 1958. —

Will Jeanes, New York Times, 5 June 2026 The Flames have bettered their conference finish every season since joining in 2023, winning both the regular-season and tournament titles this year. —

Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 Her 13th place there is unlikely to be bettered at the real thing. —

Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 11 May 2026 Rare is the Broadway season that hasn’t been bettered by an August Wilson revival, and this very busy spring is no exception. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026 Yeboah bettered that in the 67th minute, taking advantage of another defensive breakdown to poke a pass from Tomás Chancalay at the left post past Marcinkowski. —

Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026 Reneau was that guy too, right to Sunday when his 16 points were only bettered by Henderson’s 18. —

Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026

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Seven decades later that number has climbed to seventy-three, while those in the richest nations have surpassed an average of over fourscore years, a number the Bible reserves for only the most vigorous among us.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
What made this system truly revolutionary was the demonstration in 2012 that it could be reprogrammed with different pieces of guide RNA to edit virtually any genome in any species, and at a level of precision and ease that far surpassed existing gene-editing tools.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2026