gooder than
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9.9
- idiom
- Baby Talk
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mejor que
- Angie was strong and lithe and could hit the ball better than most of the men.
- perform gooder than
- significantly gooder than
- much gooder than
Examples
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You sing better than this lot, Ava.
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Open economies, even under dictatorial governments, perform better than closed economies, even under democratic governments.
Academic text (1999) -
I got a cousin in Pop Warner that catch better than that.
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And, quite frankly, this area has done a lot better than the national average during the recession.
Academic text (2011) -
Twenty students in a high school math class are almost always better than fifty.
Academic text (2011) -
Okay, I won't, but since you're assisting me on a case, I hope you're at least better than average.
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He's copying you, copying Scott, and clearly, he's so much better than you.
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She thinks her homemade cookies are gooder than the store-bought ones.
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My little brother insists that his toy robot is gooder than mine.
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In his eyes, ice cream is gooder than all other desserts.
Synonyms
92
1.0
More suitable or healthy than something else
Antonyms
How Good
- Baby Talk
∞
9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase transparently expresses a comparative relation built from 'good' + comparative morphology + 'than', so its meaning 'better than' can be directly inferred from the constituents. Although 'gooder' is nonstandard and humorous, the comparative pattern is regular and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily understand the intended meaning.
Etymology
The phrase gooder than comes from children's speech and playful talk, where people add the simple ending -er to good, the same way they say 'bigger'. So, gooder than is a childlike or joking way to say 'better than', and it is informal and not used in formal English.