LONG as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a comparatively long time
   Usage Example(s)
   • this won”t take long
   • they haven”t been gone long
   Hypernyms(s) long is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • long time (what does long time mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • years (what does years mean?)

LONG as VERB

1. Meaning
   • desire strongly or persistently
   Synonym(s)
   • hanker (what does hanker mean?)
   • yearn (what does yearn mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) long is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • desire (what does desire mean?)
   • want (what does want mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ache (what does ache mean?)
   • yearn (what does yearn mean?)
   • yen (what does yen mean?)
   • pine (what does pine mean?)
   • languish (what does languish mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • longer (what does longer mean?)
   • thirster (what does thirster mean?)
   • yearner (what does yearner mean?)
   • longing (what does longing mean?)
   • yearning (what does yearning mean?)
   • longer (what does longer mean?)
   • thirster (what does thirster mean?)
   • yearner (what does yearner mean?)
   • longing (what does longing mean?)
   • yearning (what does yearning mean?)
   • hankering (what does hankering mean?)
   • yen (what does yen mean?)

LONG as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having or being more than normal or necessary:”long on brains”
   Usage Example(s)
   • in long supply
   Similar To
   • abundant (what does abundant mean?)
2. Meaning
   • primarily spatial sense
   • of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
   Usage Example(s)
   • a long road
   • a long distance
   • contained many long words
   • ten miles long
   Antonym(s)
   • short (what does short mean?)
   Similar To
   • elongate (what does elongate mean?)
   • elongated (what does elongated mean?)
   • elongated (what does elongated mean?)
   • extended (what does extended mean?)
   • lengthened (what does lengthened mean?)
   • prolonged (what does prolonged mean?)
   • extendible (what does extendible mean?)
   • extendable (what does extendable mean?)
   • far (what does far mean?)
   • in length(p) (what does in length(p) mean?)
   • lank (what does lank mean?)
   • long-distance (what does long-distance mean?)
   • longer (what does longer mean?)
   • longest (what does longest mean?)
   • long-handled (what does long-handled mean?)
   • long-range (what does long-range mean?)
   • long-snouted (what does long-snouted mean?)
   • long-staple (what does long-staple mean?)
   • oblong (what does oblong mean?)
   • polysyllabic (what does polysyllabic mean?)
   • sesquipedalian (what does sesquipedalian mean?)
   • stretch(a) (what does stretch(a) mean?)
   • long-wool (what does long-wool mean?)
   • long-wooled (what does long-wooled mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • length (what does length mean?)
3. Meaning
   • primarily temporal sense
   • being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
   Usage Example(s)
   • a long life
   • a long boring speech
   • a long time
   • a long friendship
   • a long game
   • long ago
   • an hour
   Antonym(s)
   • short (what does short mean?)
   Similar To
   • agelong (what does agelong mean?)
   • bimestrial (what does bimestrial mean?)
   • daylong (what does daylong mean?)
   • drawn-out (what does drawn-out mean?)
   • extended (what does extended mean?)
   • lengthy (what does lengthy mean?)
   • prolonged (what does prolonged mean?)
   • protracted (what does protracted mean?)
   • durable (what does durable mean?)
   • lasting (what does lasting mean?)
   • long-lasting (what does long-lasting mean?)
   • long-lived (what does long-lived mean?)
   • endless (what does endless mean?)
   • eternal (what does eternal mean?)
   • interminable (what does interminable mean?)
   • hourlong (what does hourlong mean?)
   • lifelong (what does lifelong mean?)
   • womb-to-tomb (what does womb-to-tomb mean?)
   • long-acting (what does long-acting mean?)
   • long-dated (what does long-dated mean?)
   • longish (what does longish mean?)
   • long-life (what does long-life mean?)
   • longitudinal (what does longitudinal mean?)
   • long-range (what does long-range mean?)
   • long-run (what does long-run mean?)
   • long-term (what does long-term mean?)
   • semipermanent (what does semipermanent mean?)
   • longstanding (what does longstanding mean?)
   • monthlong (what does monthlong mean?)
   • nightlong (what does nightlong mean?)
   • overnight (what does overnight mean?)
   • perennial (what does perennial mean?)
   • time-consuming (what does time-consuming mean?)
   • weeklong (what does weeklong mean?)
   • yearlong (what does yearlong mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • duration (what does duration mean?)
   • length (what does length mean?)
4. Meaning
   • of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate”, `beat”, `bite”, `boat”, `boot”)
   Antonym(s)
   • short (what does short mean?)
5. Meaning
   • holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
   Usage Example(s)
   • is long on coffee
   • a long position in gold
   Antonym(s)
   • short (what does short mean?)
6. Meaning
   • planning prudently for the future
   Synonym(s)
   • farseeing (what does farseeing mean?)
   • farsighted (what does farsighted mean?)
   • foresighted (what does foresighted mean?)
   • foresightful (what does foresightful mean?)
   • longsighted (what does longsighted mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • large goals that required farsighted policies
   • took a long view of the geopolitical issues
   Similar To
   • provident (what does provident mean?)
7. Meaning
   • (of memory) having greater than average range
   Synonym(s)
   • tenacious (what does tenacious mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a long memory especially for insults
   • a tenacious memory
   Similar To
   • retentive (what does retentive mean?)
8. Meaning
   • involving substantial risk
   Usage Example(s)
   • long odds
   Similar To
   • unsound (what does unsound mean?)
9. Meaning
   • used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
   Similar To
   • stressed (what does stressed mean?)
10. Meaning
    • of relatively great height
    Usage Example(s)
    • a race of long gaunt men- Sherwood Anderson
    • looked out the long French windows
    Similar To
    • tall (what does tall mean?)

LONG as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • for an extended time or at a distant time
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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 bed
2. Meaning
   • for an extended distance