Phrase guide

no longer

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Not anymore; no more.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • no longer with us
  • Maybe it no longer matters who the emperor is.
  • It was once acceptable to say "honestest", but no longer.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

not now

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she is no more

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: no more

Antonyms: still

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: այլեւս (aylews) — not anymore
  • Belarusian: больш не (bolʹš nje) — not anymore
  • Belarusian: ужо́ не (užó nje) — not anymore
  • Catalan: ja no — not anymore
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不再 (bùzài) — not anymore
  • Danish: ikke længere — not anymore
  • Dutch: niet meer — not anymore
  • Esperanto: ne plu — not anymore
  • Finnish: ei enää — not anymore
  • French: ne ... plus — not anymore
  • Georgian: აღარ (aɣar) — not anymore
  • Georgian: აღარასდროს (aɣarasdros) — not anymore
  • German: nicht mehr — not anymore
  • German: nicht länger — not anymore
  • German: nimmer — not anymore
  • German: nüme — not anymore
  • Greek: όχι πια (óchi pia) — not anymore
  • Ancient Greek: οὐκέτι (oukéti) — not anymore
  • Ancient Greek: μηκέτι (mēkéti) — not anymore
  • Greenlandic: -junnaar — not anymore
  • Hebrew: כבר לא — not anymore
  • Hindi: अब नहीं (ab nahī̃) — not anymore
  • Hungarian: már nem — not anymore
  • Hungarian: többé nem — not anymore
  • Icelandic: ekki lengur — not anymore
  • Ido: nepluse — not anymore
  • Irish: a thuilleadh — not anymore
  • Irish: níos mó — not anymore
  • Italian: non più — not anymore
  • Japanese: 最早 (mohaya) — not anymore
  • Japanese: もう (mō) — not anymore
  • Japanese: これ以上 (kore ijō) — not anymore
  • Japanese: 以上 (ijō) — not anymore
  • Korean: 더 (deo) — not anymore
  • Northern Kurdish: êdî — not anymore
  • Latin: non iam — not anymore
  • Limburgish: nimmieë — not anymore
  • Māori: kua kore e — not anymore
  • Mauritian Creole: nepli — not anymore
  • Norwegian: ikke ... lenger — not anymore
  • Old English: lenġ — not anymore
  • Persian: دیگر (digar) — not anymore
  • Polish: już nie — not anymore
  • Polish: nie jest już — not anymore
  • Portuguese: já não — not anymore
  • Portuguese: não ... mais — not anymore
  • Russian: бо́льше не (bólʹše ne) — not anymore
  • Russian: уже́ не (užé ne) — not anymore
  • Russian: уже́ нет (užé net) — not anymore
  • Serbo-Croatian: ne više — not anymore
  • Serbo-Croatian: не више — not anymore
  • Spanish: ya no — not anymore
  • Swedish: inte längre — not anymore
  • Ukrainian: бі́льше не (bílʹše ne) — not anymore
  • Ukrainian: вже не (vže ne) — not anymore
  • Ukrainian: вже ні (vže ni) — not anymore
  • Vietnamese: không còn — not anymore
  • Vietnamese: chẳng còn — not anymore
  • Welsh: dim bellach — not anymore
  • Yiddish: מער נישט (mer nisht) — not anymore