The word "longer": synonyms, antonyms and parsing words. How do you spell the word "longer"?

To which part of the speech does the word "longer" refer? The answer to this question you will learn from the materials of this article. In addition, we will tell you how to disassemble such a lexical unit by its composition, which synonym can be replaced and so on.

General information

As the word "longer" is spelled correctly, almost everyone knows. But not everyone knows what part of the speech it refers to. In this regard, we suggest starting our article by clarifying this particular issue.

Determine the part of speech

To determine to which part of the speech the word "longer" refers, it is necessary to put it in the initial form - "long". Further it is required to ask a suitable question: "what?" - long. Hence, this name is an adjective. But here a new question arises: why does the word "longer" end not on -y, -y or-oh, but on-it? For this it is necessary to recall the special features of the adjectives.

Degrees of comparison of adjectives

All qualitative adjectives have such a variable morphological sign as the degree of comparison. From the school program we know that in Russian there are two degrees:

• Comparative;
• Excellent.

Let us consider them in more detail.

Superlative degree

Such a sign indicates the smallest or greatest degree of manifestation of a feature (for example, the highest mountain) or to a very small or large degree of manifestation of a feature (for example, the kindest person).

It should be specially noted that an excellent degree of adjectives is formed by adding to the main word suffixes -yesh- or -aish-, prefixes of the most, and also additional lexical units "most", "most", "least", "all" or "total ".

As we found out above, the word "longer" is an adjective. However, it does not stand to an excellent degree, since it does not show the suffixes -yush- or -aish-, the prefixes are the most, and also the additional lexical units "most", "most", "least", "all" or "total ".

comparative

Such a sign of the adjectives' names indicates a greater or lesser degree of an object compared to another (for example, Masha is higher than Sasha, this lake is deeper than that) or this object, but in a different circumstance (Masha is higher than the year before last In this place the lake is deeper than in that one).

It should be noted that the comparative degree is derived from the basis of the names of adjectives with the help of suffixes such as -sh / -zhe-ee (-e) and -e (for example, higher, faster, earlier, deeper), prefixes (for example, ), As well as from another basis (for example, good - better, worse - worse) or additional lexical units (more or less).

From all of the above, we can safely say that the word "longer" is an adjective in comparative degree. It will consist of the basis of "long" and the suffix "her".

How do you spell the word "longer"?

Almost everyone knows about how this word is written. Although some people at the time of writing it can still make a mistake. For example, quite often in the letter there is the following expression: "Let's see who has the nose longer". This is an erroneous spelling of a word. After all, it should only be used with two letters "n". In order to prove this assertion, let us present the corresponding rule of the Russian language.

The word "longer" is formed from the initial form of the adjective "long". As you can see, there are two letters "n" in it. After all, in turn, such a lexical unit arose from the noun "length" by setting the suffix -n-. Consequently, both "long" and "longer" are written only with a double "n". Here is an illustrative example:

• Her dress is longer than mine.
• She is much longer than her friend.
• Longer than the route I have not seen in my life.
• It was so long that it hardly fit in the car.

By the way, in such a lexical unit some people question the spelling of the letter "and". For example, often in the text you can find the word "more". How in this case to check it? To do this, you should apply a rule that applies to unstressed vowels in the root of the word. That is, to the lexical unit presented, it is required to select a verification word in which a questionable letter will be in a shock position. For example, "dlina". As you can see, the letter "and" in this word is under stress. Therefore, it will be correct to be "longer".

Morphemic analysis of the word

Quite often, teachers ask their students to analyze the words by composition. "Longer" is a lexical unit, which is quite problematic to subject to morphemic analysis. However, we have considered above how this word is formed. That is why it is not difficult to disassemble it by its composition.

So, let's make a morphemic analysis of the adjective's name "longer", which stands in comparative degree:

• Determine the ending. In this case, it is zero.
• We determine the prefix. In our case, the prefix is missing.
• Define the suffix. The comparative suffix in this word is -e-. There is also a suffix -n- that belongs to the stem.
• Determine the root. The root of this word is "length".
• We determine the basis. The basis of the adjective's name is "longer" - "long".

We select a synonym

Synonyms in Russian are the words of one and the same part of speech, which are different in spelling and sounding, but have a similar lexical meaning. Here is an illustrative example:

• Small - small;
• Large - large;
• Beautiful - beautiful;
• Ugly - terrible;
• Want - desire;
• Talk - talk;
• Big - great;
• Create - create;
• Thing is an object;
• Die - perish;
• To keep - to snap;
• Cold - not warm;
• Slow - slow and so on.

Thus, the synonym for the word "longer" should be the name of the adjective and, if possible, stand in a comparative degree. For example:

• Longer - elongated;
• Longer - longer;
• Longer - stretched;
• Longer - more protracted;
• Longer - higher;
• Longer - long and so on.

However, it should be noted that synonyms for this word should be chosen so that in the context they look natural. It will be a mistake to say: "It is longer than it", since it is necessary to say: "He is taller than she".

We select the antonyms

Antonyms in Russian name the words of one and the same part of speech, which are different in writing and sounding, but have exactly the opposite lexical meanings. Here is an illustrative example:

• true False;
• Beautiful - ugly;
• Speak - be silent;
• Cold - hot;
• long short;
• Frosty-hot;
• big small;
• Fast - slow;
• To run - to stand;
• kind angry;
• high Low;
• Bad is good and so on.

So, let's try to find an antonym to the word "longer":

• Longer - shorter;
• Longer - less.

Similarly, you can select synonyms and antonyms for the initial form of the adjective "long". For example: high, prolonged, elongated and short, concise, short, and so on.