Long definition

Long as an adjective

1. 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"

2. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified

   "a long road"

3. of relatively great height

   "a race of long gaunt men"

4. good at remembering

   Same sense: tenacious, retentive, recollective

5. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices

   "is long on coffee"

6. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration

   "the English vowel sounds in ‘bate’, ‘beat’, ‘bite’, ‘boat’, ‘boot’ are long"

7. involving substantial risk

   "long odds"

8. planning prudently for the future

   "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

   Same sense: farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, longsighted, farseeing, prospicient

9. having or being more than normal or necessary

   "long on brains"

Long as an adverb

10. for an extended time or at a distant time

    "a promotion long overdue"

11. for an extended distance

Long as a verb

12. desire strongly or persistently

    Same sense: yearn, hanker

Synonyms and antonyms

• tenacious
• retentive
• recollective
• farsighted
• foresighted
• foresightful
• longsighted
• farseeing
• prospicient
• yearn
• hanker

Opposite: short.

All synonyms of long, sense by sense

How to say long

Long has 1 syllable and rhymes with wrong. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with long

• wrong
• along
• song
• strong
• hong
• belong
• dong
• lifelong
• pong
• gong
• tong
• prolong

All 27 words that rhyme with long

LONG in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

0

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