Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Used to introduce the second element in a comparison
Than
/ðən/Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Examples:
'Your fear of him seems greater than your love for me.'
You are a cleverer man than I am, Japp."
'Bodily illness is more easy to bear than mental.'
Etymology:
From Middle English thanne, thann, from Old English þanne, þænne, thenne, from Proto-Germanic *þaniz ("at that time, then"), from Proto-Indo-European *to- ("this, that").
Usage Statistics:
1352 mentions per 1 million words 
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