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better off

better off is the comparative form of well off.

Meaning of well off

Adjective

well off (comparative better off or more well off, superlative best off or most well off)

  1. Of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security, at any level from intermediate (comfortably off) to high (wealthy).
    • Near-synonyms: well-endowed, wealthy; see also Thesaurus:wealthy
  2. (archaic, dialectal) Of a person or thing: in a good position or circumstance.
    • He would be well off if he would simply quit this place and never look back.
    Synonyms:
    doing well

Forms of better off

alternative formbetter-off

Questions about better off

What is better off the comparative form of?
Better off is the comparative form of well off.

Words near better off in the dictionary

  1. better light
  2. better loved
  3. better luck next time
  4. better nature
  5. better natured
  6. better off
  7. better one word in time than two afterwards
  8. better part of
  9. better place
  10. better safe than sorry
  11. better safe then sorry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: better off (page history and authors); well off (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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