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1. (adj) long
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
Synonyms: prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsighted
Antonyms: clipped, short, short-range, short-run, abbreviated, sound, truncate, short-term, brief, short and sweet(p), fugitive, stubby, shortened, momentary, scarce, telescoped, close, snub, momentaneous, sawn-off, fleeting, short-snouted, sawed-off, improvident, little, truncated, shortish, short-dated, curtal

2. (adj) long
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
Synonyms: prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsighted
Antonyms: abbreviated, short-range, truncated, short, brief, snub, close, momentaneous, sawn-off, stubby, short-snouted, sound, telescoped, short-run, fleeting, improvident, shortened, shortish, momentary, little, short-dated, scarce, sawed-off, truncate, clipped, short and sweet(p), short-term, curtal, fugitive

3. (adj) long
of relatively great height
Synonyms: prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsighted
Antonyms: short-snouted, momentaneous, short, fleeting, brief, short-run, short and sweet(p), short-range, snub, scarce, abbreviated, shortened, telescoped, short-term, sawed-off, momentary, curtal, little, truncate, improvident, shortish, short-dated, sawn-off, close, clipped, fugitive, truncated, sound, stubby

4. (adj) retentive, recollective, long, tenacious
good at remembering
Synonyms: prospicient, farsighted, recollective, persistent, tenacious, dour, long, foresightful, retentive, farseeing, coherent, foresighted, longsighted, dogged, unyielding, pertinacious
Antonyms: fugitive, improvident, shortened, brief, short, curtal, short and sweet(p), truncated, fleeting, short-term, close, sawed-off, stubby, momentaneous, short-dated, little, snub, clipped, truncate, abbreviated, short-snouted, short-run, sound, short-range, telescoped, momentary, scarce, shortish, sawn-off

5. (adj) long
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
Synonyms: prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsighted
Antonyms: stubby, sawed-off, little, short, shortened, truncate, shortish, short-range, clipped, sawn-off, snub, fleeting, short-run, short and sweet(p), abbreviated, curtal, short-dated, brief, fugitive, close, sound, truncated, momentary, telescoped, improvident, momentaneous, scarce, short-snouted, short-term

6. (adj) long
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
Synonyms: prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsighted
Antonyms: short and sweet(p), shortened, short, truncated, sound, short-range, sawed-off, short-snouted, shortish, improvident, little, curtal, momentary, short-run, brief, fugitive, fleeting, scarce, sawn-off, close, abbreviated, clipped, short-term, truncate, short-dated, telescoped, stubby, snub, momentaneous

7. (adj) long
involving substantial risk
Synonyms: prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsighted
Antonyms: brief, short, momentaneous, short-run, scarce, short and sweet(p), short-term, close, telescoped, curtal, fleeting, fugitive, shortened, sawn-off, sawed-off, truncated, short-range, short-dated, abbreviated, snub, shortish, short-snouted, clipped, momentary, sound, stubby, truncate, little, improvident

8. (adj) farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted
planning prudently for the future
Synonyms: prospicient, farsighted, retentive, recollective, tenacious, long, foresighted, presbyopic, farseeing, foresightful, longsighted, eagle-eyed, keen-sighted
Antonyms: short-run, snub, clipped, truncate, brief, short, curtal, fleeting, sound, sawed-off, short-range, scarce, shortened, momentary, abbreviated, shortish, short-dated, truncated, short and sweet(p), improvident, close, stubby, fugitive, momentaneous, short-snouted, telescoped, short-term, sawn-off, little

9. (verb) long
having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
Synonyms: prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsighted
Antonyms: fleeting, short-term, shortened, curtal, short, sawed-off, sawn-off, shortish, close, abbreviated, stubby, short-range, snub, truncated, momentary, scarce, brief, clipped, short-dated, little, telescoped, momentaneous, short-snouted, short and sweet(p), improvident, short-run, fugitive, sound, truncate

10. (adverb) hanker, long, yearn
desire strongly or persistently
Synonyms: yearn, yen, pine, ache, hanker, languish, long
Antonyms: close, little, brief, shortened, short-dated, short-run, stubby, short-term, short-range, curtal, truncate, short, truncated, sawn-off, scarce, sound, momentary, abbreviated, sawed-off, fleeting, short and sweet(p), momentaneous, improvident, short-snouted, shortish, telescoped, snub, clipped, fugitive

11. (adverb) long
for an extended time or at a distant time
Antonyms: truncated, short-dated, short, shortish, momentaneous, little, scarce, fugitive, short-run, snub, improvident, stubby, brief, abbreviated, short-term, short-range, clipped, fleeting, sawn-off, shortened, sound, short and sweet(p), sawed-off, short-snouted, curtal, close, truncate, momentary, telescoped

12. (adverb) long
for an extended distance
Antonyms: clipped, curtal, abbreviated, short-run, brief, short, momentary, truncated, short-range, shortened, fugitive, telescoped, stubby, sawed-off, improvident, momentaneous, sawn-off, short-dated, scarce, fleeting, short and sweet(p), close, little, snub, truncate, sound, shortish, short-term, short-snouted

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'long'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. long
Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large
Synonyms: large, abundant, coarse, gigantic, long, ample, colossal, grand, massive, big, commodious, great, spacious, broad, considerable, huge, vast, bulky, enormous, immense, wide, capacious, extensive
Antonyms: brief, limited, minute, scanty, small, diminutive, little, narrow, short, tiny, inconsiderable, mean, paltry, slender, trifling, infinitesimal, microscopic, petty, slight, trivial, insignificant

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