wronger
8.4
More incorrect or less correct than another idea
- adjective
- /ˈrɔŋɡər/
- Informal
:
más incorrecto
- In this case, your answer was wronger than mine, so I get the point.
That's true, but you were more wrong than I was.
- That's true, but you were more wrong than I was.
Examples
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Wronger, even.
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His explanation was wronger than I had anticipated, leading to more confusion.
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She found out that the alternative solution was even wronger than the original.
Synonyms
wrong
vswronger
∞
1.0
Not correct according to the facts or the answer
is the informal comparative expressing a greater degree of incorrectness
mistaken
vswronger
266
3.4
Thinking something is true when it is not
is an informal comparative showing a larger mistake in understanding
inaccurate
vswronger
113
4.3
Not correct or exact, with mistakes
is an informal comparative focusing on being more incorrect than another
Antonyms
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wronger is simply wrong plus the ending -er, which here means 'more', just like in taller from tall. So wronger means 'more wrong' or 'less accurate' and is used informally as the comparative of wrong.