moreover

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UK/mɔːˈɹəʊ.və/Canada, US/moɹˈoʊ.vɚ/Australia/moːˈɹəʉ.və/Australia/moːˈɹɐʉ.və/

adverb

In addition to what has been said.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adverbmoreover (not comparable)

alternative poetic moreo'er

  1. conjunctivenot comparableIn addition to what has been said.

    For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war.

    1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 61
    2 more examples

    The characteristics ‘terrestrial’ and ‘two-footed’ are predicated of the species ‘man’, but not present in it. For they are not in man. Moreover, the definition of the differentia may be predicated of that of which the differentia itself is predicated.

    1928, E. M. Edghill, Categories, translation of original by Aristotle

    A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put in three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: ‘What is there?’ It can be answered, moreover, in a word—‘Everything’—and everyone will accept this answer as true.

    1948, W.v.O. Quine, On What There Is

    Synonyms: furthermore, further, again, additionally, also, as well, in fact, as a matter of fact

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adverbdenoting additional information

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmoreover
  2. Englishmoreover

Inherited from Middle English moreover, moreovere, morover, mooreover, more-overe, mare over, equivalent to more + over.

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Translations

Arabic عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ, أَضِف إِلَى ذٰلِك
  • عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ (ʕilāwa ʕalā ḏālika)in addition to what has been said
  • أَضِف إِلَى ذٰلِك (ʔaḍif ʔilā ḏālik)in addition to what has been said
Bulgarian освен това
  • освен това (osven tova)in addition to what has been said
Chinese Mandarin 並且 /并且, 而且
  • 並且 /并且 (bìngqiě)in addition to what has been said
  • 而且 (érqiě)in addition to what has been said
  • 還有 /还有 (háiyǒu)in addition to what has been said
  • 況且 /况且 (kuàngqiě)in addition to what has been said
Czech nadto
  • nadtoin addition to what has been said
Dutch bovendien, daarnaast
  • bovendienin addition to what has been said
  • daarnaastin addition to what has been said
  • verderin addition to what has been said
  • daar komt bijin addition to what has been said
Esperanto cetere
  • ceterein addition to what has been said
Finnish sen lisäksi, lisäksi
  • sen lisäksiin addition to what has been said
  • lisäksiin addition to what has been said
French de plus, en plus
  • de plusin addition to what has been said
  • en plusin addition to what has been said
  • au surplusin addition to what has been said
  • en outrein addition to what has been said
  • de surcroîtin addition to what has been said
  • par surcroîtin addition to what has been said
  • par ailleursin addition to what has been said
  • d'ailleursin addition to what has been said
  • d'un autre côtéin addition to what has been said
  • d'autre partin addition to what has been said
  • au restein addition to what has been said
  • du restein addition to what has been said
German außerdem, überdies
  • außerdemin addition to what has been said
  • überdiesin addition to what has been said
  • des Weiterenin addition to what has been said
  • obendreinin addition to what has been said
Greek επιπλέον
  • επιπλέον (epipléon)in addition to what has been said
Hungarian sőt azonkívül
  • sőt azonkívülin addition to what has been said
Icelandic einnig, þar á ofan
  • einnigin addition to what has been said
  • þar á ofanin addition to what has been said
  • þar að aukiin addition to what has been said
Italian inoltre
  • inoltrein addition to what has been said
Japanese その上に, さらに
  • その上に (sono ue ni)in addition to what has been said
  • さらに (sara ni)in addition to what has been said
  • しかも (shikamo)in addition to what has been said
Korean 게다가, 더욱이
  • 게다가 (gedaga)in addition to what has been said
  • 더욱이 (deougi)in addition to what has been said
  • 뿐만 아니라 (ppunman anira)in addition to what has been said
Latin autem, amplius
  • autemin addition to what has been said
  • ampliusin addition to what has been said
Lithuanian be to
  • be toin addition to what has been said
Malay lagipun
  • lagipunin addition to what has been said
Māori waihoki, whaihoki
  • waihokiin addition to what has been said
  • whaihokiin addition to what has been said
Persian به علاوه, علاوه بر این
  • به علاوه (be 'alâve)in addition to what has been said
  • علاوه بر این ('alâve bar in)in addition to what has been said
  • افزون بر این (afzun bar in)in addition to what has been said
Polish ponadto, skądinąd
  • ponadtoin addition to what has been said
  • skądinądin addition to what has been said
Portuguese ademais, além disso
  • ademaisin addition to what has been said
  • além dissoin addition to what has been said
  • demaisin addition to what has been said
Romanian în plus, pe deasupra
  • în plusin addition to what has been said
  • pe deasuprain addition to what has been said
Russian кро́ме того́, бо́лее того́
  • кро́ме того́ (króme tovó)in addition to what has been said
  • бо́лее того́ (bóleje tovó)in addition to what has been said
Slovak navyše, naviac
  • navyšein addition to what has been said
  • naviacin addition to what has been said
  • tiežin addition to what has been said
Swedish dessutom, för övrigt
  • dessutomin addition to what has been said
  • för övrigtin addition to what has been said
  • tillikain addition to what has been said
Turkish buna ilaveten, dahası
  • buna ilavetenin addition to what has been said
  • dahasıin addition to what has been said
Ukrainian до то́го ж
  • до то́го ж (do tóho ž)in addition to what has been said

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Cite this entry
APA

moreover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moreover

MLA

“moreover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moreover. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moreover,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moreover.

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