more than

1. 1.

   (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

   “more land”

   “more support”

   “more rain fell”

   “more than a gallon”

   Synonymsmore

   comparative

Questions about more than

What does more than mean?

more than means "(comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree".

What is another word for more than?

Close synonyms include more. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is more than a common word?

more than is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.