Synonyms

Greater

American

[grey-ter] / ˈgreɪ tər /

adjective

designating a city or country and its adjacent area.

Greater New York; Greater Los Angeles.

Greater British

/ ˈɡreɪtə /

adjective

(of a city) considered with the inclusion of the outer suburbs

Greater London

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Etymology

Origin of Greater

First recorded in 1570–80; great + -er ⁴

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Greater

Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a suspected illegal waste dump close to the River Mersey in Greater Manchester.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Japan’s key data releases include the June current-account balance on Monday and July producer-price inflation on Thursday, ING chief economist for Greater China, Lynn Song, said in a report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The Metropolitan Police had received a report of an attempted burglary in the Greater London area, the statement said, with the initial investigation carried out by the Metropolitan Police and Counter Terrorism Policing London.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Burnham used a similar initiative to oversee a rise in the latter during his time as mayor of Greater Manchester.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

They were still a little under a half mile from the borderlands, but already he could see the tops of the Greater Jungle's oldest and tallest pines peeking above rooftops.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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