English Explanatory Dictionary

stronger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. comparative form of strong: more strong
  2. Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former.
  3. Better.

Pronunciation

/stɹɒŋɡə/ /stɹɔŋɡɚ/ /ˈstɹɑŋɡɚ/ en-us-stronger.ogg

Word forms

stronger

Etymology

From Middle English strongere, strengere (“stronger”), from Old English strongra, strengra (“stronger”), from Proto-Germanic *strangizô (“*stronger”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“strong”), equivalent to strong + -er. More at strong.

Antonyms

weaker
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