| Main Entry: | long-drawn-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long |
Synonyms: |
boundless, delayed, diffuse, diffusive, dilatory, dragging, drawn-out, for ages, forever and a day, late, lengthy, limitless, lingering, long-winded, overlong, prolix, prolonged, protracted, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose, without end, wordy |
| Main Entry: | indirect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | roundabout; unintended |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long way home, long-drawn-out, long-winded, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, periphrastic, rambling, secondary, serpentine, sidelong, sinister, sinuous, snaking, sneaking, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, twisting, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
direct, straight, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | interminable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | infinite |
Synonyms: |
boring, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continuous, day-and-night, dragged out, dull, endless, eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, incessant, interminate, limitless, long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, looped, never-ending, no end of, no end to, on a treadmill, permanent, perpetual, protracted, spun out, strung out, timeless, unbound, unceasing, uninterrupted, unlimited, wearisome |
Antonyms: |
bounded, ending, finite, terminable |
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interminable, excessive in length |
Synonyms: |
boundless, delayed, diffuse, diffusive, dilatory, dragging, drawn-out, for ages, forever and a day, late, lengthy, limitless, lingering, long-drawn-out, long-winded, overlong, prolix, prolonged, protracted, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose, without end, wordy |
Antonyms: |
ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, short |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | behind, late |
Synonyms: |
backward, behindhand, belated, conservative, dead, delayed, detained, dilatory, down, draggy, dull, gradual, hindered, impeded, inactive, lingering, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, low, moderate, off, overdue, prolonged, protracted, reduced, slack, sleepy, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tardy, tedious, time-consuming, uneventful, unproductive, unprogressive, unpunctual |
Antonyms: |
on cue, on time, ready, waiting |
| Main Entry: | tedious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, monotonous |
Synonyms: |
annoying, arid, banal, boring, bromidic, drab, dragging, draggy, dreary, drudging, dry, dull as dishwater, dusty, endless, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, irksome, laborious, lifeless, long-drawn-out, mortal, pabulum, poky, prosaic, prosy, slow, snooze, soporific, tiresome, tiring, unexciting, uninteresting, vapid, weariful, wearisome |
Antonyms: |
entertaining, exciting, interesting |
| Main Entry: | overlong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long |
Synonyms: |
continued, deep, distant, dragging, drawn out, drawn-out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high*, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, long-drawn-out, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering |
| Main Entry: | protracted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long |
Synonyms: |
continued, deep, distant, dragging, drawn out, drawn-out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high*, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, long-drawn-out, longish, outstretched, overlong, prolonged, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering |