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bettering

verb , present participle of better

Synonyms and Antonyms of bettering

1 to be greater, better, or stronger than

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

Synonyms of bettering

beating, eclipsing, exceeding, excelling, outclassing, outdistancing, outdoing, outgunning, outmatching, outshining, outstripping, overtopping, surpassing, topping, towering (over), transcending

Words Related to bettering

one-upping, outpacing, outracing, outrunning, overpassing

besting, clobbering, conquering, crushing, defeating, drubbing, licking, mastering, outcompeting, outperforming, overcoming, overmatching, prevailing (over), routing, shaming, skunking, subduing, surmounting, thrashing, trimming, triumphing (over), trouncing, walloping, whipping, winning (against), worsting

outbalancing, outweighing, overbearing, overshadowing, trumping

Phrases Synonymous with bettering

going one better, running circles around (or running rings around)

Near Antonyms of bettering

2 to make better

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

Synonyms of bettering

ameliorating, amending, enhancing, enriching, helping, improving, meliorating, perfecting, refining, upgrading

Words Related to bettering

correcting, emending, rectifying, reforming, remediating, remedying

editing, fine-tuning, redrafting, refurbishing, rehabbing, rehabilitating, revamping, revising, reworking

beefing (up), boosting, fortifying, intensifying, reinforcing (also reenforcing), strengthening

fining, honing, polishing

retouching, touching up

Near Antonyms of bettering

damaging, endamaging, harming, hurting, impairing, injuring, spoiling, tarnishing, vitiating

blemishing, blighting, defacing, disfiguring, flawing, marring

diminishing, lessening, lowering, reducing

Antonyms of bettering

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