DICTOMETER

LONG

(long, añorar, largo, mucho, vasto, lang, lenge, lengte)

1. Synonyms:
   • Hanker
   • Long
   • Yearn
   Definitions:
   • desire strongly or persistently
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Long
   Definitions:
   • primarily temporal sense
   • being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
   Examples:
   • A long life
   • A long boring speech
   • A long time
   • A long friendship
   • A long game
   • Long ago
   • An hour long
   Antonyms:
   • SHORT
   • abbreviated, shortened, truncated
   • brief
   • clipped
   • fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary
   • short and sweet(predicate)
   • short-dated
   • short-range
   • short-run, short-term
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Long
   Definitions:
   • primarily spatial sense
   • of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
   Examples:
   • A long road
   • A long distance
   • Contained many long words
   • Ten miles long
   Antonyms:
   • SHORT
   • abbreviated, brief
   • close
   • curtal
   • sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened
   • shortish
   • short-range
   • short-snouted
   • snub
   • stubby
   • telescoped, shortened
   • truncate, truncated
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Long
   Definitions:
   • of relatively great height
   Examples:
   • A race of long gaunt men- Sherwood Anderson
   • Looked out the long French windows
   Antonyms:
   • Short
   • Little
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Retentive
   • Recollective
   • Long
   • Tenacious
   Definitions:
   • good at remembering
   Examples:
   • A retentive mind
   • Tenacious memory
   Antonyms:
   • ENTIVE
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Long
   Definitions:
   • holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
   Examples:
   • Is long on coffee
   • A long position in gold
   Antonyms:
   • SHORT
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Long
   Definitions:
   • (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
   Examples:
   • The English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long
   Antonyms:
   • SHORT
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Long
   Definitions:
   • involving substantial risk
   Examples:
   • Long odds
   Antonyms:
   • Sound
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Farseeing
   • Farsighted
   • Foresighted
   • Foresightful
   • Prospicient
   • Long
   • Longsighted
   Definitions:
   • planning prudently for the future
   Examples:
   • Large goals that required farsighted policies
   • Took a long view of the geopolitical issues
   Antonyms:
   • Improvident
   
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Long
   Definitions:
   • having or being more than normal or necessary:
   Examples:
   • Long on brains
   • In long supply
   Antonyms:
   • Scarce
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Long
   Definitions:
   • for an extended time or at a distant time
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Long
   Definitions:
   • for an extended distance