Synonyms for long
Another word for long is all-night, long-life or long-run. Below are 59 synonyms and 5 related words across 10 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: longed, longes, longest, longs.
1. adjective: primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
- all-night
- long-life
- long-run
- long-term
- long-range
- seven-day
- eight-day
- long ass
- long-lived
- long-standing
- long-acting
- extended synonyms
- drawn-out synonyms
- continuing synonyms
- long-dated
- chronic synonyms
- overnight
- endless synonyms
- eternal synonyms
- lasting synonyms
- long-lasting
- time-consuming
- lengthy synonyms
- prolonged synonyms
- lifelong
Antonyms
2. adjective: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
- far synonyms
- long-range
- long ass
- extended synonyms
- stretch synonyms
- long-handled
- pole-handled
- long-wool
- prolonged synonyms
- long-staple
- elongated synonyms
- oblong
- lengthened
- elongate
- extendable
- lank
- polysyllabic
- long-snouted
- extendible
- sesquipedalian
- long-wooled
Antonyms
3. adjective: of relatively great height
- tall synonyms
4. adjective: good at remembering
- tenacious synonyms
- retentive
- recollective
- aware synonyms
- mindful synonyms
5. adjective: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
Antonyms
6. adjective: (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
Antonyms
7. adjective: involving substantial risk
- unsound
8. adjective: planning prudently for the future
- farsighted
- foresighted
- foresightful
- longsighted
- farseeing
- prospicient
- provident
9. adjective: having or being more than normal or necessary
- abundant synonyms
10. verb: desire strongly or persistently
- yearn
- hanker
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- desire synonyms
- pine synonyms
- yen synonyms
- ache synonyms
- languish
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What is another word for long?
You can say all-night, long-life, long-run, long-term or long-range instead of long. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified".
What is the opposite of long?
The opposite of long is short.
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