gotten better

Healed or advanced

Gotten better means improved or recovered.

Health gets better after illness: She's gotten better since starting the medication.

Skills get better with practice.

Situations get better when they improve: Things have gotten better between us.

In British English, "got better" is preferred; "gotten" is primarily American.

Related

recovered · advanced · leveled up · convalesced · mastered · honed · upgraded · ameliorated · bounced back · turned a corner · back on track · regained · evolved · on the mend · healed · learned · refined · developed

Opposites
IMPROVEMENT vs. DETERIORATION

gotten betterworsened

Declined in quality

deteriorated · declined · degraded · regressed · degenerated

CHANGE vs. STASIS

gotten betterstagnated

Ceased all forward movement

plateaued · flatlined · stayed put · stood still

Family

gotten, better, getting, betterment, bettered, bettering

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Known to kids · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G