Bettering and Good

Bettering

Bettering adjective - Changing for the better.

Good and bettering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Good" instead an adjective "Bettering".

Nearby Words: bettered, betterment

Good

Good adjective - Promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being.
Usage example: product packaging that is intended to be good for the environment

Bettering and good are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bettering" instead an adjective "Good".

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Both words in one sentence

  • Good Feels Good: Anko starts bettering herself (see Nailed To The Wagon) after she realizes that it feels good to be responsible and have people look up to you.
  • In brief, Eliot didn't think much of novels written by women in which the protagonist, generally both a Mary Sue and The Pollyanna , would go around bettering the lives of the wretched, showing how smart she was and then making a good marriage.
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