Synonyms for prolong
prəˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋpro·long

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. prolong

   To protract is to cause to occupy a longer time than is usual, expected, or desirable. We defer a negotiation which we are slow to enter upon; we protract a negotiation which we are slow to conclude; delay may be used of any stage in the proceedings; we may delay a person as well as an action, but defer and protract are not used of persons. Elongate is not used of actions or abstractions, but only of material objects or extension in space; protract is very rarely used of concrete objects or extension in space; we elongate a line, protract a discussion. Protract has usually an unfavorable sense, implying that the matter referred to is already unduly long, or would be so if longer continued; continue is neutral, applying equally to the desirable or the undesirable. Postpone implies a definite intention to resume, as defer also does, though less decidedly; both are often used with some definite limitation of time; as, to postpone till, until, or to a certain day or hour. One may defer, delay, or postpone a matter intelligently and for good reason; he procrastinates through indolence and irresolution. Compare HINDER.

   Synonyms:
   continue, defer, delay, draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, postpone, procrastinate, protract

   Antonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, conclude, contract, curtail, hasten, hurry, limit, reduce, shorten

   Preposition:
   To protract a speech by verbosity, through an unreasonable time, to, till, or until a late hour.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prolong

   Synonyms:
   lengthen, extend, protract, continue, delay, retard

   Antonyms:
   curtail, shorten, contract, discontinue

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prolong, protract, extend, draw outverb

   lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

   "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

   Synonyms:
   evoke, widen, run, lead, continue, aspirate, elicit, poke out, extend, suck out, stretch out, draw out, offer, put out, take out, educe, carry, pull out, go, stretch, protract, stretch forth, pass, keep up, reach out, pull up, unfold, exsert, gallop, expand, cover, strain, extract, sustain, hold out, pull, broaden

2. prolong, sustain, keep upverb

   lengthen or extend in duration or space

   "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

   Synonyms:
   have, suffer, keep up, keep, draw out, nurture, support, hold up, hold, sustain, confirm, protract, follow, extend, get, corroborate, maintain, nourish, substantiate, affirm, keep abreast, preserve, conserve

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prolongverb

   Synonyms:
   lengthen, protract, extend, continue, draw out

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "prolong":

   extend, lengthen, protract

How to pronounce prolong?

How to say prolong in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use prolong in a sentence?

1. Heather Wilson:

   It's nonsense. It's just going to prolong the agony and prolong the suffering, there is no integrity in horse racing. These animals are confined 23 hours a day. They are whipped, they are drugged, they are forced to train at 18 months and they are racing them at two years of age.

2. Victor Gura:

   I was very frustrated -- I still am -- because for decades, we've been doing dialysis with big machines that prolong the life of the patient a little bit ... and in addition, they have a lousy quality of life.

3. Lief Chiang:

   The feed grain price drop would prolong the high breeding margins for hog breeders, which are now recovering their herds, while for the corn processing industry, some products can be competitive globally.

4. President Trump:

   The patient population that is the most vulnerable are the lupus patients because hydroxychloroquine is the only drug known to prolong survival of these patients.

5. President Trump:

   Joe Biden would terminate our recovery, delay the vaccine, prolong the pandemic, and annihilate Floridas economy with adraconian, unscientific lockdown -- thats what Joe Biden wants to do, lock it down.