Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Usage example: this year's profits should better last year's by a wide margin
Common collocations
| civilization | better civilization | conquer civilization |
| universe | better universe | conquer universe |
| galaxy | better galaxy | conquer galaxy |
| everyone | better everyone | conquer everyone |
Both words in one sentence
- Even though he knows he'd be better off using his genius in more legal ways, he can't help trying to conquer the world.
Source: Chronic Villainy - Although he's a Tin Tyrant whose main goal is to conquer Eorzea for the Empire, he is a better man than Nael ever was.
Source: Big Bad / Video Games - Superman: Lex Luthor has occasionally tried to conquer the world, and unlike Doctor Doom, he usually doesn't care quite so much that the world might be better off under him anyway.
Source: Despotism Justifies the Means
Cite this Source
Conquer and Better. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/better/conquer
Better & Conquer. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/better/conquer>.
Conquer or Better. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/better/conquer.
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