better off

1. 1.

   in a more fortunate or prosperous condition

   “she would have been better off if she had stuck with teaching”

   “is better off than his classmate”

   Similarfortunate

Questions about better off

What does better off mean?

better off means "in a more fortunate or prosperous condition".

Is better off a common word?

better off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.