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View definitions for better-off

better-off

adjective as in being in a more advantageous position

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Example Sentences

They can say that they're not giving up on their goal of making the better-off pay their fair share in taxes.

But the better-off people sent persons into the Upper House who were against it.

The poor could work their way, driving cattle for the better-off.

Luke knew that it contained gifts—the hateful, merciful, nauseating charity of the better-off.

The "Hollies" became a kind of club for the disconsolate, "better-off" men of the district.

The better-off people had plates of pewter, and kings and princes indulged in those of silver.

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On this page you'll find 2 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to better-off, such as: happier, and more fortunate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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