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better-known

better-known is the comparative form of well-known.

Meaning of well-known

Adjective

well-known (comparative better-known or more well-known, superlative best-known or most well-known)

  1. Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.
    • Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    noted, twice-told
    Antonyms:
    little-known
  2. (not comparable) Generally recognized; reserved for some usual purpose.
    • We would like to catalog other sockets which are supposed to be well-known1972, Vint Cerf, Jon Postel, RFC 322 - Well known socket numbers

Questions about better-known

What is better-known the comparative form of?
Better-known is the comparative form of well-known.

Words near better-known in the dictionary

  1. better-humoured
  2. better-hung
  3. better-informed
  4. better-intentioned
  5. better-kempt
  6. better-known
  7. better-learned
  8. better-lit
  9. better-looking
  10. better-loved
  11. better-mannered

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