Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

so much the better

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.51 in modern English

Syllables: so -much the -bet-ter
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

That is or would be even better.

Example Sentences

"Its business was to block change, not advance it, and if it thereby obstructed something he himself, as a very conservative fellow, disliked, so much the better."

Synonyms

tant mieux all to the better

Antonyms

so much the worse

Questions

What does so much the better mean?: That is or would be even better.

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