Meanings
- comparativecomparative form of strong: more strong
As a result, New Zealand locomotive design is a curious blend of English and American practice; certainly the American influence has always been much stronger than in Australia.
1954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 558 - human sciencesSaid of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former.
- Better.
Compared to the previous semester, my grades now are a lot stronger.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*strangaz“strong”
- Proto-Germanic*strangizô“*stronger”
- Old Englishstrongra
- Middle Englishstrongere
- Englishstronger
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.
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stronger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stronger
“stronger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stronger. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stronger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stronger.
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