| long | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. hanker, long, yearn | desire strongly or persistently. |
| ~ pine, yen, ache, languish, yearn | have a desire for something or someone who is not present.; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" |
| ~ desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| adj. | 2. long | 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"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long" |
| ~ agelong | lasting through all time.; "agelong struggle for freedom" |
| ~ bimestrial | two months long; lasting two months. |
| ~ chronic, continuing | of long duration.; "chronic money problems" |
| ~ daylong | lasting through an entire day. |
| ~ drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted | relatively long in duration; tediously protracted.; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" |
| ~ durable, long-lasting, long-lived, lasting | existing for a long time.; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship" |
| ~ eight-day | lasting for eight days. |
| ~ endless, interminable, eternal | tiresomely long; seemingly without end.; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon" |
| ~ hourlong | lasting for an hour.; "an hourlong examination" |
| ~ lifelong, womb-to-tomb | continuing through life.; "a lifelong friend"; "from lifelong habit"; "his lifelong study of Greek art" |
| ~ long-acting | active over a long period of time. |
| ~ long-dated | of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption. |
| ~ longish | somewhat long. |
| ~ long-life | (of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual.; "long-life milk" |
| ~ longitudinal | over an extended time.; "a longitudinal study of twins" |
| ~ long-range | involving an extended span of time.; "long-range goals" |
| ~ long-run, long-term, semipermanent | relating to or extending over a relatively long time.; "the long-run significance of the elections"; "the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war"; "a long-term investment" |
| ~ longstanding | having existed for a long time.; "a longstanding friendship"; "the longstanding conflict" |
| ~ monthlong | last through a month.; "a monthlong stay in the hospital" |
| ~ all-night, nightlong, overnight | lasting, open, or operating through the whole night.; "a nightlong vigil"; "an all-night drugstore"; "an overnight trip" |
| ~ perennial | lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal.; "perennial happiness" |
| ~ time-consuming | of a task that takes time and patience. |
| ~ seven-day, weeklong | lasting through a week.; "her weeklong vacation" |
| ~ yearlong | lasting through a year.; "attending yearlong courses" |
| adj. | 3. long | primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified.; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long" |
| ~ elongate, elongated | having notably more length than width; being long and slender.; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame" |
| ~ elongated, lengthened, prolonged, extended | drawn out or made longer spatially.; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" |
| ~ extendable, extendible | capable of being lengthened. |
| ~ far | being of a considerable distance or length.; "a far trek" |
| ~ lank | long and thin and often limp.; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair" |
| ~ long-handled, pole-handled | having a long handle. |
| ~ long-range | suitable for or reaching long distances.; "long-range nuclear capability" |
| ~ long-snouted | having a snout that is longer than average. |
| ~ long-staple | having relatively long fibers.; "long-staple cotton" |
| ~ long-wool, long-wooled | (of sheep) having relatively long wool. |
| ~ oblong | deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction. |
| ~ polysyllabic, sesquipedalian | (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables.; "sesquipedalian technical terms" |
| ~ stretch | having an elongated seating area.; "a stretch limousine" |
| adj. | 4. long | of relatively great height.; "a race of long gaunt men"; "looked out the long French windows" |
| ~ tall | great in vertical dimension; high in stature.; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" |
| adj. | 5. long, recollective, retentive, tenacious | good at remembering.; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" |
| ~ mindful, aware | bearing in mind; attentive to.; "ever mindful of her health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action" |
| adj. | 6. long | holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices.; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold" |
| ~ finance | the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets. |
| adj. | 7. long | (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration.; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long" |
| ~ phonetics | the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis. |
| adj. | 8. long | involving substantial risk.; "long odds" |
| ~ unsound | not sound financially.; "unsound banking practices" |
| adj. | 9. farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient | planning prudently for the future.; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues" |
| ~ provident | providing carefully for the future.; "wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education" |
| adj. | 10. long | having or being more than normal or necessary:.; "long on brains"; "in long supply" |
| ~ abundant | present in great quantity.; "an abundant supply of water" |
| adv. | 11. long | for an extended time or at a distant time.; "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" |
| adv. | 12. long | for an extended distance. |
| tall | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. tall | a garment size for a tall person. |
| ~ size | the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing).; "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
| adj. | 2. tall | great in vertical dimension; high in stature.; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" |
| ~ high | (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high').; "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high" |
| ~ big, large | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
| ~ gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy | tall and thin and having long slender limbs.; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" |
| ~ in height | having a specified height.; "five feet tall"; "five feet in height" |
| ~ long-legged, long-shanked, leggy | having long legs. |
| ~ leggy, tall-growing | (of plants) having tall spindly stems. |
| ~ long | of relatively great height.; "a race of long gaunt men"; "looked out the long French windows" |
| ~ long-stalked, tall-stalked | of plants having relatively long stalks. |
| ~ statuesque, stately | of size and dignity suggestive of a statue. |
| ~ tallish | somewhat tall. |
| adj. | 3. grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall | lofty in style.; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" |
| ~ rhetorical | given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought.; "mere rhetorical frippery" |
| adj. | 4. tall | impressively difficult.; "a tall order" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ difficult, hard | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" |
| adj. | 5. improbable, marvellous, marvelous, tall | too improbable to admit of belief.; "a tall story" |
| ~ incredible, unbelievable | beyond belief or understanding.; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible" |
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