long

1. Primarily temporal sense;
   Being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified (synset 301440837)
   "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
   tells us about: duration, length - continuance in time
   similar to:

   • agelong - lasting through all time
   • bimestrial - two months long; lasting two months
   • chronic, continuing - of long duration
   • daylong - lasting through an entire day
   • drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted - relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
   • durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived - existing for a long time
   • eight-day - lasting for eight days
   • endless, eternal, interminable - tiresomely long; seemingly without end
   • hourlong - lasting for an hour
   • lifelong, womb-to-tomb - continuing through life
   • 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
   • longitudinal - over an extended time
   • long-range - involving an extended span of time
   • long-run, long-term, semipermanent - relating to or extending over a relatively long time
   • long-standing, longstanding - having existed for a long time
   • monthlong - last through a month
   • all-night, nightlong, overnight - lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
   • perennial - lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal
   • time-consuming - of a task that takes time and patience
   • seven-day, weeklong - lasting through a week
   • yearlong - lasting through a year
2. Primarily spatial sense;
   Of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified (synset 301436368)
   "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
   tells us about: length - the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
   similar to:

   • elongate, elongated - having notably more length than width; being long and slender
   • elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged - drawn out or made longer spatially
   • extendable, extendible - capable of being lengthened
   • far - being of a considerable distance or length
   • lank - long and thin and often limp
   • long-handled, pole-handled - having a long handle
   • long-range - suitable for or reaching long distances
   • long-snouted - having a snout that is longer than average
   • long-staple - having relatively long fibers
   • 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
   • stretch - having an elongated seating area
3. Of relatively great height (synset 302394693)
   "a race of long gaunt men"; "looked out the long French windows"
   similar to: tall - great in vertical dimension; high in stature
4. Good at remembering (synset 302012852)
   "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
   also: aware, mindful - bearing in mind; attentive to
   same as: recollective, retentive, tenacious
5. Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices (synset 301447325)
   "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
   referred to in: finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
6. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration (synset 301446913)
   "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
   referred to in: phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
7. Involving substantial risk (synset 302282618)
   "long odds"
   similar to: unsound - not sound financially
8. Planning prudently for the future (synset 301901363)
   "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
   similar to: provident - providing carefully for the future
   same as: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, longsighted, prospicient
9. Having or being more than normal or necessary (synset 300015626)
   "long on brains"; "in long supply"
   similar to: abundant - present in great quantity

1. For an extended time or at a distant time (synset 400167240)
   "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. For an extended distance (synset 400167533)

1. Desire strongly or persistently (synset 201832347)
   is a type of: desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly
   subtypes: ache, languish, pine, yearn, yen - have a desire for something or someone who is not present
   same as: hanker, yearn

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