moreso

M3O1R1E1S1O1

adverb

More than anything/anything else, rather.

“It's not quite he got angry and then left, it's moreso he got frustrated and then left.”

UncommonFirst used the 2020s c.?Scrabble 8

Meanings

moreso1

adjectivemoreso (not comparable)
  1. nonstandardnot comparableNonstandard spelling of more so.

    We grow more like ourselves in our past, only moreso.

    1997, Hana S. Noor Al-Deen, Cross-Cultural Communication and Aging in the United States, page 30
    3 more examples

    Food and other essential resources are limited, and are likely to become moreso.

    1969, Nels Anderson, “The Uses and Worth of Language”, in Nels Anderson, editor, Studies in Multilingualism, E. J. Brill, page 1

    Consequently, he concluded, new arrangements are necessary and will become moreso in future.

    2000, Conrad Totman, A History of Japan, page 337

    The investment environment in the seven years immediately preceding the 1987 crash was as favorable, if not moreso, than the years prior to the 1929 crash.

    2004, Jeffrey B. Little, Understanding Wall Street, page 140

moreso2

adverbmoreso (not comparable)

alternative more so · alternative more-so

  1. colloquialnot comparablelikely proscribedMore than anything/anything else, rather.First known use the 2020s c.?

    Though it did add some cool new QoL features, last week's was moreso a balance update.

    … last week's was more than anything else a balance update.

    1 more example

    It's not quite he got angry and then left, it's moreso he got frustrated and then left.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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