Better and Repay

Better

Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.

Repay and better are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Repay" instead a verb "Better".

Repay

Repay verb - To make a return payment to.

Better and repay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Better" instead a verb "Repay".

Nearby Words: repayment, repaying, repayable

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

everyone better everyone repay everyone

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Hollow Places Austin is under the impression that he saves people only to make himself feel better or to repay the sin of once using his sister as a meat shield from a missile blast.
  • Visual Novel / Akatsuki No Goei I Owe You My Life: After Kaito saves Reika from some kidnappers, she demands that he allow her to repay the favor and if he can’t think of anything better she’ll hire him as her bodyguard.
  • Theatre / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Lovett seem to think of themselves as being in a more conventional Victorian rags to riches story, with Lovett planning a better life away from the city, and Toby believing that he can protect and repay her for saving him.
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