/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of bettering Find synonyms for: Verb1. better, break, surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperformusage: surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"2. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate, change, alter, modifyusage: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"3. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, change state, turnusage: get better; "The weather improved toward evening"Adjective1. bettering (vs. worsening), ameliorating(prenominal), ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative, amendatory, corrective, remedialusage: changing for the betterWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: industrious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language