stunner C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈstʌnɚ/ UK /ˈstʌnə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a strikingly impressive or attractive person or thing The final twist of the novel was an absolute stunner. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a strikingly impressive or... beautyknockoutmarvelsensationshowstopper Word family Related forms stunstunningastonishastound Etymology AI details From stun + -er. Stun is from Middle English stonen, from Old French estoner ('to stun, daze'), from Vulgar Latin *extonāre, from Latin ex- + tonāre ('to thunder'). estoner xno tonāre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stunner **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈstʌnɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstʌnə/ ## Meanings 1. a strikingly impressive or attractive person or thing ## Examples - The final twist of the novel was an absolute stunner. ## Synonyms - beauty - knockout - marvel - sensation - showstopper ## Related Forms - stun - stunning - astonish - astound ## Roots and Affixes - Root: estoner - Root: tonāre ## Etymology From stun + -er. Stun is from Middle English stonen, from Old French estoner ('to stun, daze'), from Vulgar Latin *extonāre, from Latin ex- + tonāre ('to thunder'). ## AI Etymology Stunner is from stun + -er. Stun is from Middle English stonen, from Old French estoner ('to stun, daze'), from Vulgar Latin *extonāre, from Latin ex- + tonāre ('to thunder'). Important recorded forms include estoner (Old French) and tonāre (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers a strikingly impressive or attractive person or thing. The wider family includes related words such as stun, stunning, astonish, and astound. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown