Synonyms for prolonged
pro·longed

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1. prolongedadjective

   Antonyms:
   brief

2. prolongedadjective

   Antonyms:
   brief

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protractedadjective

   relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

   "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"

   Synonyms:
   lengthened, lengthy, extensive, elongated, extended, protracted, drawn-out

   Antonyms:
   short

2. elongated, extended, lengthened, prolongedadjective

   drawn out or made longer spatially

   "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"

   Synonyms:
   lengthened, lengthy, extensive, elongated, extended, protracted, elongate, drawn-out

   Antonyms:
   short

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1. List of paraphrases for "prolonged":

   protracted, extended, lengthy, long, long-term, long-standing, sustained, long-lasting, lengthened, long-running, drawn-out

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1. Thomas Boothby:

   They've been shown to survive and reproduce during spaceflight, and can even survive prolonged exposure to the vacuum of outer space.

2. Juan Mendez:

   I hope that President Obama's pledge to reform the criminal justice system regarding the practice of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement is implemented without delay.

3. Amanda Cohn:

   Immunocompromised people are more likely to get severely ill from Covid-19. They are at higher risk for prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection and shedding and viral evolution during the infection and treatment, particularly amongst hospitalized patients.

4. Nicole Saphier:

   There is a balance between being overly cautious and negligent, when it comes to young children, especially those under 12 years old, the benefit of wearing masks no longer outweighs the risks posed with prolonged mask-wearing in children when community transmission levels are low and there are high levels of immunity (vaccine and natural).

5. Manash Goswami:

   A lot of the bullishness in the early part of the week was on hearing there could be an agreement, then towards the end of the week we heard it wasn't, there were going to be more prolonged meetings.