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bettering

ADJECTIVE

amendatory

Synonyms

WEAK

emendatory improving rectifying reformative reformatory reparative restorative

ADJECTIVE

helpful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accessible advantageous applicable conducive constructive convenient cooperative crucial essential favorable friendly important invaluable practical productive profitable significant suitable supportive sympathetic timely useful valuable

WEAK

accommodating benevolent caring considerate contributive effectual efficacious fortunate good for improving instrumental kind neighborly operative pragmatic serendipitous serviceable symbiotic usable utilitarian

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cold cool disagreeable hindering hurting inappropriate inessential injurious inopportune insignificant minor nonessential trivial unfavorable unfriendly unhelpful unimportant unsociable unsuitable useless worthless

WEAK

disadvantageous harmful hurtful unconstructive

ADJECTIVE

improving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

developing

STRONG

correcting elaborating fixing remodeling repairing

WEAK

convalescent

NOUN

mending

Synonyms

STRONG

adjustment alteration ameliorating correcting curing enhancing fixing freshening helping rebuilding rectifying refreshing relieving remedying remodeling renewing renovating renovation repair repairing restoration reviving tinkering

WEAK

patching up

Antonyms

STRONG

neglect

NOUN

one-upmanship

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gamesmanship

STRONG

artfulness competition cunning cutthroat

WEAK

cageyness canniness competitive advantage competitive edge outfoxing outsmarting outwitting rivaling

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The Cleveland Brown's Myles Garrett broke the NFL single-season sack record when he claimed his 23rd of the campaign on Sunday - bettering the previous best of 22.5 first set by Michael Strahan in 2001.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Well, then you know how truly committed they were to bettering L.A. in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

"Narcissistic personality traits can absolutely be healthy, given that they are innate inside all of us, and do help us take action toward bettering ourselves," Alderete says.

From Salon • May 9, 2024

“We champion continual progress” on Nike’s site makes it sound like a group of hardworking peers constantly bettering their products.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2024

The other day, when the Pickled Onion was pestering me about my grammar and vocabulary and bettering myself, she asked me what I aspired to in this life.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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