longer

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noun

One who longs or yearns for something.

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OriginMiddle English longer ← Old English lengra ← Proto-Germanic *langizô →
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Meanings

longer1

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of long: more long
adverb
  1. comparativecomparative form of long: more long

longer2

nounlonger (plural longers)

plural longers

  1. One who longs or yearns for something.

    The slayer also lay, The terrible earth-drake deprived of life, Oppressed by bale: the ring-hoard longer The twisted worm, might not control.

    1887, Albert H[arris] Tolman, The Style of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, page 15

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person with a strong desire for something

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thirsteryearner
Broader
actordoerworker
Also see
thirsteryearner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

longer · adjective, adverb

  1. Proto-Germanic*langaz“long”
  2. Proto-Germanic*langizô“longer”
  3. Old Englishlengra“longer”
  4. Middle Englishlenger
  5. Middle Englishlonger
  6. Englishlonger

From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).

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longer · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
  2. Proto-Germanic*langaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*lang
  4. Old Englishlang
  5. Middle Englishlong
  6. Englishlong
  7. Englishlonger

From long (“yearn”) + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with longer

strongercongersongerwronger
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Cite this entry
APA

longer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longer

MLA

“longer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “longer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longer.

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