Synonyms of bettering

bettering 1 of 2

adjective

as in constructive

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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
• running rings around
• 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)

• 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
• reenforcing
• fine-tuning
• rehabbing
• redrafting
• beefing (up)
• touching up
• retouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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