Synonyms of bettering

bettering 1 of 2

adjective

as in constructive

Related Words

• constructive
• supportive
• gainful
• lucrative
• healthful
• desirable
• healthy
• wholesome
• remunerative
• ameliorative
• amelioratory
• promising
• advisable
• salubrious
• beneficial
• satisfying
• rewarding
• propitious
• auspicious
• favorable
• gratifying
• advantageous
• profitable
• salutiferous
• helpful
• beneficent
• good
• friendly
• salutary
• kindly
• benefic
• benignant

Dissimilar Words

• bad
• unfavorable
• disadvantageous
• unprofitable
• unfriendly
• harmful
• damaging
• unhelpful
• injurious
• deleterious
• insalubrious

bettering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of better

1

as in surpassing

to be greater, better, or stronger than

this year's profits should better last year's by a wide margin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surpassing
• exceeding
• eclipsing
• topping
• excelling
• transcending
• outdoing
• beating
• outstripping
• outshining
• outclassing
• outdistancing
• mastering
• overcoming
• towering (over)
• defeating
• going one better
• outgunning
• outmatching
• overtopping
• overshadowing
• outpacing
• besting
• outrunning
• outweighing
• running circles around
• subduing
• conquering
• outracing
• outperforming
• surmounting
• prevailing (over)
• shaming
• trumping
• overpassing
• winning (against)
• routing
• trouncing
• licking
• crushing
• one-upping
• trimming
• clobbering
• triumphing (over)
• outcompeting
• whipping
• thrashing
• overmatching
• worsting
• drubbing
• walloping
• overbearing
• outbalancing
• skunking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)

2

as in improving

to make better

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improving
• enhancing
• helping
• perfecting
• refining
• upgrading
• ameliorating
• amending
• remedying
• enriching
• remediating
• reinforcing
• strengthening
• correcting
• meliorating
• rectifying
• rehabilitating
• reforming
• intensifying
• revising
• refurbishing
• boosting
• editing
• reworking
• revamping
• polishing
• fining
• emending
• fortifying
• honing
• fine-tuning
• rehabbing
• redrafting
• beefing (up)
• retouching
• touching up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsening
• harming
• impairing
• hurting
• damaging
• injuring
• spoiling
• tarnishing
• reducing
• vitiating
• blighting
• lowering
• diminishing
• lessening
• marring
• disfiguring
• defacing
• endamaging
• flawing
• blemishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bettering

Verb

His revered mentor, José Antonio Abreu, who founded the educational program in 1975 with the conviction that learning music can, in bettering lives, lead to profound social change. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Asking for feedback is only one step of the process in bettering your organization. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Second in Austria marked Verstappen’s best result of the season — bettering his third in Canada. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Arbitrarily limiting that possibility has nothing to do with bettering the game and everything to do with limiting what ownership spends. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026

The goal made Kane England’s most prolific international goal scorer of all time, bettering Wayne Rooney’s previous record of 53 goals. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026

The chain is looking to focus on menu innovation — like bettering its McCrispy chicken line — and improve kitchen operations. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 2 June 2026

Des Moines east-sider Jones-Brown, who works as the assistant chief diversity officer for staff equity at Grinnell College, said the love of volunteering and bettering the community laid the foundation for her run. — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 2 June 2026

Schwarber reached 20 homers on the earliest date in MLB history, according to Stats Perform, bettering Arizona's Luis Gonzalez, who hit his 20th on May 17, 2001. — ABC News, 15 May 2026