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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | great |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ample, big, big league*, bulky, bull, colossal, considerable, decided, enormous, excessive, extended, extensive, extravagant, extreme, fat, gigantic, grievous, high, huge, humongous, husky, immense, inordinate, jumbo*, lengthy, long, major league, mammoth, numerous, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, strong, stupendous, terrible, titanic*, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, mondo, oversize, protracted |
| Antonyms: | few, little, miniature, minute, short, small |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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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