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... beautyknockoutmarvel sensationshowstopper

Word family

Related forms stun stunning astonish astound

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').

estoner xno tonāre Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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

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