Without possessive. A better person or thing; (frequently with the) that which is better. Also (with plural agreement): better people or things…

Of two or more people or things. Not like each other; different, dissimilar. Chiefly in predicative use.

A person, or (less commonly) a thing of higher or greater quality, character, value, etc., than another; one that is above or excels another in some…

A person who or thing which is more than a match for another. Usually with for or with preceding possessive adjective.

That which transcends, surpasses, or excels something else, or things generally. rare.

Something that surpasses something or everything else. Cf. phrases a. Obsolete. rare.

A super-individual person or thing; esp. a person who is above or greater than a (normal) individual.