What is another word for long?
Synonyms for long
lɔŋ, lɒŋ; ˈlɔŋ gər, ˈlɒŋ-; ˈlɔŋ gɪst, ˈlɒŋ-long
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.
Synonyms:
abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, massive, spacious, vast, wideAntonyms:
brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
longadjective
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
"a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
Synonyms:
prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsightedAntonyms:
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, curtallongadjective
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
"a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
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prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsightedAntonyms:
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, fugitivelongadjective
of relatively great height
"a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
Synonyms:
prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsightedAntonyms:
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, stubbyretentive, recollective, long, tenaciousadjective
good at remembering
"a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
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prospicient, farsighted, recollective, persistent, tenacious, dour, foresightful, retentive, farseeing, coherent, foresighted, longsighted, dogged, unyielding, pertinaciousAntonyms:
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-offlongadjective
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
"is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
Synonyms:
prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsightedAntonyms:
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-termlongadjective
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
"the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
Synonyms:
prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsightedAntonyms:
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, momentaneouslongadjective
involving substantial risk
"long odds"
Synonyms:
prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsightedAntonyms:
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, improvidentfarseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsightedadjective
planning prudently for the future
"large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Synonyms:
prospicient, farsighted, retentive, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, presbyopic, farseeing, foresightful, longsighted, eagle-eyed, keen-sightedAntonyms:
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, littlelongverb
having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
"in long supply"
Synonyms:
prospicient, farsighted, recollective, tenacious, foresighted, retentive, farseeing, foresightful, longsightedAntonyms:
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, truncatehanker, long, yearnadverb
desire strongly or persistently
Synonyms:
yearn, yen, pine, ache, hanker, languishAntonyms:
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, fugitivelongadverb
for an extended time or at a distant time
"a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
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, telescopedlongadverb
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
Editors Contribution
lengthlyadjective
for a long period of time
Dictionary of English Synonymes
longadjective
longadjective
Synonyms:
protracted, prolonged, long-winded, spun outlongadjective
longadjective
Synonyms:
to a great extentlongadjective
Synonyms:
a long time, for a long timelongadjective
Synonyms:
throughout, all along
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
longadjective
Synonyms:
protracted, prolonged, lengthy, extended, lingering, extensive, inclusive, tedious, prolix, wordy, long-spun diffuselongverb
Synonyms:
yearn for, hanker after, crave
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "long":
lengthy, lange, lang, langen, longer, prolonged, long-term, protracted, length, long-standing, largo, long-, time-consuming, longue, longstanding, lunga, extended, iong, extensive, cheung, loong, long-running, far, much, al-taweel, luong, along, long-staple, long-lasting, long-time, time
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#50 | time | |
#209 | great | |
#264 | long | |
#279 | much | |
#330 | big | |
#462 | large | |
#860 | far | |
#917 | wide | |
#965 | along | |
#1133 | huge | |
#1155 | length | |
#1450 | grand | |
#1527 | longer | |
#2067 | produced | |
#2259 | extended | |
#3482 | extensive | |
#3516 | broad | |
#3754 | massive | |
#4853 | pine | |
#5438 | vast | |
#5953 | considerable | |
#6418 | lang | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#9150 | yen | |
#9645 | persistent | |
#10335 | spacious | |
#12717 | abundant | |
#13303 | coherent | |
#13357 | ample | |
#14064 | prolonged | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#14678 | lengthy | |
#15908 | immense | |
#16667 | gigantic | |
#16946 | tenacious | |
#17742 | lange | |
#18600 | largo | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#20706 | tedious | |
#23873 | bulky | |
#25311 | ache | |
#25702 | cheung | |
#27383 | colossal | |
#34243 | longstanding | |
#36564 | protracted | |
#50489 | dogged | |
#53029 | yearn | |
#63324 | longue | |
#68728 | dour | |
#74280 | luong | |
#75741 | langen | |
#77553 | unyielding | |
#81480 | retentive | |
#85205 | languish | |
#98500 | loong | |
#108253 | capacious | |
#139137 | farsighted | |
#140430 | commodious | |
#146641 | lunga | |
#162791 | dilatory | |
#172161 | prolix | |
#211039 | hanker | |
#327119 | foresighted |
How to use long in a sentence?
China is eager to come to an agreement so I'm not too worried. As long as they are holding meetings, many things will work out.
The mummies have long fascinated scientists and the public alike since their original discovery. Beyond being extraordinarily preserved, they were found in a highly unusual context, and they exhibit diverse and far-flung cultural elements.
We don't think the price of oil can stay down very long. But energy shares are going to go through a wild up-and-down phase, we may have to test low levels before going up again.
We'd been looking at this site for a long time and knew it was associated with North Korea nuclear program. When Ankit Panda asked me if we knew about a site near someplace called Wollo-ri that was involved in making nuclear weapons, it all clicked.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Translations for long
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- lang, verAfrikaans
- طويلArabic
- uzunAzerbaijani
- оҙонBashkir
- до́ўгіBelarusian
- дъ́лъгBulgarian
- দীর্ঘ, লম্বাBengali
- hirBreton
- llong, llunyà, enyorarCatalan, Valencian
- lunguCorsican
- dlouho, daleko, dlouhý, přát, toužit, dychtitCzech
- дльгъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- вӑрӑмChuvash
- hirWelsh
- lang, længe, længesDanish
- lang, sehnenGerman
- μακριά, πολύς, ώρα, έξω, πολύ, μακρύς, λαχταρώGreek
- deziriEsperanto
- lejos, largo, anhelar, desearSpanish
- pikk, kauaEstonian
- دراز, طولانیPersian
- pitkä, kauan, kauas, pitkäaikainen, ikävöidäFinnish
- leingi, langurFaroese
- temps, long, longtemps, aspirerFrench
- fadaIrish
- fada, a dh'fhaid, miannaichScottish Gaelic
- largoGalician
- dōgōHausa
- लम्बा, लंबाHindi
- hosszú, vágyikHungarian
- երկարArmenian
- longeInterlingua
- panjangIndonesian
- langur, langt, lengi, þráIcelandic
- lungo, distante, tempo, bramareItalian
- ארוךHebrew
- 長いJapanese
- გრძელიGeorgian
- ұзынKazakh
- វែងKhmer
- 오래되다, 길게, 길다, 멀리Korean
- hesret, bêrîKurdish
- узунKyrgyz
- longus, diuLatin
- ຍາວLao
- ilga, ilgasLithuanian
- garš, gara, ilgsLatvian
- долгMacedonian
- уртMongolian
- लांबMarathi
- lama, panjangMalay
- ရှည်Burmese
- lang, verlangenDutch
- lang, lengteNorwegian
- longOccitan
- długo, długi, wzdychać, pragnąć, tęsknićPolish
- comprido, distante, longo, ansiar, suspirarPortuguese
- suniQuechua
- lungRomansh
- lung, doriRomanian
- до́лго, дли́нный, до́лгий, далеко́Russian
- longuSardinian
- дуг, dug, чезнути, čeznutiSerbo-Croatian
- dlhý, túžiť, cnieťSlovak
- dolgSlovene
- gjatë, dëshironAlbanian
- lång, länge, långt, långsmal, längtaSwedish
- refuSwahili
- நீளமானTamil
- дарозTajik
- ยาวนาน, ยาวThai
- uzynTurkmen
- uzunTurkish
- озынTatar
- до́вгий, довгийUkrainian
- لمباUrdu
- uzunUzbek
- dài, lâuVietnamese
- lunikVolapük
- longue, longWalloon
- לאַנגYiddish
- 长Chinese
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