than
than is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom, Satan except, none higher sat. Milton. It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce; It's fitter being sane than mad. R. Browning.
- 2.Then. See Then. [Obs.] Gower. Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages. Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- abuse
- accord
- account
- acquaintance
- acquit
- advocate
- against
- air
- airy
- all
- allegiance
- ally
- alone
- alter
- ambo
- amigo
- amity
- among
- anathema
- and
- another
- answer
- any
- application
- apply
- aquila
- are
- arrear
- artless
- aspersion
- associate
- astatic
- attend
- auxiliary
- away
- awful
- babe
- bad
- balloon
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is than.
- What is which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom, Satan except, none higher sat. Milton. It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce; It's fitter being sane than mad. R. Browning called?
- What is then. See Then. [Obs.] Gower. Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages. Chaucer called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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