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Main Entry: long
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: extended in space or time
Synonyms: deep, distant, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, extensive, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthy, lofty, prolonged, rangy, remote, running, stretch, stringy, sustained, tall, towering, continued, drawn out, expanded, far-off, lengthened, lingering, longish, outstretched, protracted, spread out, spun out, stretched, stretching
Antonyms: short, abbreviated, abridged
Main Entry: long
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: interminable, excessive in length
Synonyms: boundless, delayed, diffuse, dilatory, dragging, late, lengthy, limitless, long-winded*, prolix, prolonged, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose, wordy, diffusive, drawn-out, for ages, forever and a day, lingering, long-drawn-out, overlong, protracted, without end
Antonyms: ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, short
Main Entry: farther
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: at a greater distance
Synonyms: beyond, further, yonder, longer, more distant, more remote, remoter, yon
Notes: farther is generally preferred over further when the context is distance in space or time; use farther when talking about physical distance and use further when talking about abstract ideas or extent/degree
Antonyms: closer, nearer
Main Entry: more
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: to a greater extent
Synonyms: additionally, also, besides, better, beyond, further, furthermore, likewise, moreover, over, too, along with, as well, in addition, longer, withal
Antonyms: less, fewer
Main Entry: better
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: larger
Synonyms: more, preponderant, bigger, greater, longer, weightier
Antonyms: smaller, littler, tinier
Main Entry: bulky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: huge
Synonyms: awkward, beefy, big, colossal, cumbersome, enormous, gross, heavy, hefty, high, hulking, immense, large, long, mammoth, massive, ponderous, substantial, unmanageable, unwieldy, voluminous, weighty, cumbrous, unhandy
Antonyms: insubstantial, miniature, small, thin, tiny
Main Entry: diffuse
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wordy
Synonyms: copious, digressive, discursive, dull, exuberant, lavish, lengthy, long, long-winded, loose, meandering, profuse, prolix, rambling, random, redundant, vague, verbose, windy, circumlocutory, diffusive, palaverous, waffling
Antonyms: brief, short, succinct, abbreviated, abridged
Main Entry: dragging
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tiresome, monotonous
Synonyms: boring, dull, humdrum, lengthy, long, prolonged, tedious, wearisome, drawn-out, going slowly, overlong, protracted
Antonyms: lively, energizing
Main Entry: extended
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lengthened
Synonyms: elongate, elongated, enlarged, lengthy, long, prolonged, spread, continued, drawn-out, protracted, spread out, stretched out, unfolded, unfurled, very long
Antonyms: condensed, cut, reduced, abbreviated, abridged, compressed, contracted, curtailed, lessened, shortened
Main Entry: extensive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: far-reaching, thorough
Synonyms: all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, considerable, extended, far-flung*, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, roomy, sizable, spacious, sweeping, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wholesale, wide, widespread, across the board, all-encompassing, comprising, expanded, large-scale, protracted, scopic, scopious, unexclusive, wall to wall, wide-ranging
Antonyms: limited, narrow, restricted, short, uncomprehensive
Main Entry: far
Part of Speech: adjective, adverb
Definition: at a great distance
Synonyms: a good way, a long way, afar, bit, deep, distant, end of rainbow, far piece, far-flung*, far-off, far-removed, faraway, good ways, long, middle of nowhere, miles, out-of-the-way*, outlying, piece, remote, removed, stone's throw, ways
Antonyms: close, near
Main Entry: far-flung
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: widespread
Synonyms: comprehensive, distant, extensive, far-reaching, global, long, remote, spacious, widespread, far-extending, far-going, far-spread, far-stretched, wide-extending, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, wide-stretching, widely distributed, without end
Main Entry: good
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: considerable
Synonyms: adequate, advantageous, ample, big, complete, entire, extensive, full, great, immeasurable, large, long, lucrative, much, profitable, respectable, sizable, solid, substantial, sufficient, whole, worthwhile, paying
Antonyms: inconsequential, inconsiderable
Main Entry: high
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tall; at a great distance aloft
Synonyms: aerial, alpine, big, colossal, elevated, eminent, flying, formidable, giant, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, lofty, long, soaring, steep, towering, tremendous, altitudinous, high rise, high-reaching, hovering, sky-high, sky-scraping, uplifted, upraised
Antonyms: low, lowly, short, stunted, dwarfed
Main Entry: indirect
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: roundabout; unintended
Synonyms: ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, circular, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long-winded*, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, rambling, secondary, serpentine*, sinister, sinuous, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag, circumlocutory, long way home, long-drawn-out, periphrastic, sidelong, snaking, sneaking, twisting
Antonyms: direct, straight, straightforward
Main Entry: interminable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: infinite
Synonyms: boring, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continuous, dull, endless, eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, incessant, limitless, long, long-winded, never-ending, permanent, perpetual, timeless, unceasing, uninterrupted, unlimited, wearisome, day-and-night, dragged out, interminate, long-drawn-out, looped, no end of, no end to, on a treadmill, protracted, spun out, strung out, unbound
Antonyms: bounded, ending, finite, terminable
Main Entry: lengthy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: extended
Synonyms: diffuse, dragging, elongate, elongated, interminable, long, long-winded, padded, prolix, prolonged, tedious, tiresome, verbose, wearisome, windy, wordy, drawn-out, lengthened, longish, overlong, protracted, very long
Antonyms: abbreviated, curtailed, shortened
Main Entry: mammoth
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: huge
Synonyms: colossal, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, high, immense, jumbo, large, long, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, vast, behemothic, leviathan
Antonyms: little, miniature, small, tiny
Main Entry: oblong
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: elongated and rounded
Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptical, elongate, long, oval, ellipsoidal, ovaliform, ovaloid, ovate, ovated, ovoid, rectangular
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