long - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

desire strongly or persistently

Synonyms

• hanker
• long
• yearn

More generic

• desire
• want

More specific

• ache
• languish
• pine
• yearn
• yen

Adjective

having or being more than normal or necessary

Synonyms

• long

Related

• abundant

Adjective

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

Synonyms

• long

Related

• elongate
• elongated
• extendable
• extended
• extendible
• far
• lank
• lengthened
• long-handled
• long-range
• long-snouted
• long-staple
• long-wool
• long-wooled
• oblong
• pole-handled
• polysyllabic
• prolonged
• sesquipedalian
• stretch

Opposite / Antonyms

• short

Adjective

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

Synonyms

• long

Related

• agelong
• all-night
• bimestrial
• chronic
• continuing
• daylong
• drawn-out
• durable
• eight-day
• endless
• eternal
• extended
• hourlong
• interminable
• lasting
• lengthy
• lifelong
• long-acting
• long-dated
• long-lasting
• long-life
• long-lived
• long-range
• long-run
• long-standing
• long-term
• longish
• longitudinal
• longstanding
• monthlong
• nightlong
• overnight
• perennial
• prolonged
• protracted
• semipermanent
• seven-day
• time-consuming
• weeklong
• womb-to-tomb
• yearlong

Opposite / Antonyms

• short

Adjective

(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration

Synonyms

• long

Opposite / Antonyms

• short

Adjective

holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices

Synonyms

• long

Opposite / Antonyms

• short

Adjective

planning prudently for the future

Synonyms

• farseeing
• farsighted
• foresighted
• foresightful
• long
• longsighted
• prospicient

Related

• provident

Adjective

good at remembering

Synonyms

• long
• recollective
• retentive
• tenacious

Also See

• aware
• mindful

Adjective

involving substantial risk

Synonyms

• long

Related

• unsound

Adjective

of relatively great height

Synonyms

• long

Related

• tall

for an extended time or at a distant time

Synonyms

• long

for an extended distance

Synonyms

• long

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