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better-read

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

Meaning of well-read

Adjective

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

  1. Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.
    • You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
      You are very well-read
      It's well known1965, Bob Dylan, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited

Questions about better-read

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

Words near better-read in the dictionary

  1. better-natured
  2. better-off
  3. better-organized
  4. better-paid
  5. better-preserved
  6. better-read
  7. better-run
  8. better-timed
  9. better-to-do
  10. better-versed
  11. betterable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: better-read (page history and authors); well-read (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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