LONGER
Dictionary entry overview: What does longer mean? • LONGER (noun)
The noun LONGER has 1 sense:
1. a person with a strong desire for something
Familiarity information: LONGER used as a noun is very rare.
• LONGER (adverb)
The adverb LONGER has 1 sense:
1. for more time
Familiarity information: LONGER used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LONGER (noun)
Meaning:
A person with a strong desire for something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
longer; thirster; yearner
Context examples:
a longer for money / a thirster after blood / a yearner for knowledge
Hypernyms ("longer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
• LONGER (adverb)
Meaning:
For more time
Context example:
can I stay bit longer?
Pertainym:
long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)
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