| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extended in space or time |
Synonyms: |
continued, deep, distant, drawn out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering |
Antonyms: |
abbreviated, abridged, short |
| 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: | better |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | larger |
Synonyms: |
bigger, greater, longer, more, preponderant, weightier |
| Notes: | better is greater in excellence or higher in quality; more useful; more highly skilled; healthier than before - while bettor is someone who bets |
Antonyms: |
littler, smaller, tinier |
| Main Entry: | bulky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge |
Synonyms: |
awkward, beefy, big, colossal, cumbersome, cumbrous, enormous, gross, heavy, hefty, high, hulking, immense, large, long, mammoth, massive, ponderous, substantial, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy, voluminous, weighty |
Antonyms: |
insubstantial, miniature, small, thin, tiny |
| Main Entry: | diffuse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy |
Synonyms: |
circumlocutory, copious, diffusive, digressive, discursive, dull, exuberant, lavish, lengthy, long, long-winded, loose, meandering, palaverous, profuse, prolix, rambling, random, redundant, vague, verbose, waffling, windy |
Antonyms: |
abbreviated, abridged, brief, short, succinct |
| Main Entry: | dragging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiresome, monotonous |
Synonyms: |
boring, drawn-out, dull, going slowly, humdrum, lengthy, long, overlong, prolonged, protracted, tedious, wearisome |
Antonyms: |
energizing, lively |
| Main Entry: | extended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lengthened |
Synonyms: |
continued, drawn-out, elongate, elongated, enlarged, lengthy, long, prolonged, protracted, spread, spread out, stretched out, unfolded, unfurled, very long |
Antonyms: |
abbreviated, abridged, compressed, condensed, contracted, curtailed, cut, lessened, reduced, shortened |
| Main Entry: | extensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | far-reaching, thorough |
Synonyms: |
across the board, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, comprising, considerable, expanded, extended, far-flung, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, large-scale, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, protracted, roomy, scopic, scopious, sizable, spacious, sweeping, unexclusive, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wall to wall, wholesale, wide, wide-ranging, widespread |
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-extending, far-going, far-reaching, far-spread, far-stretched, global, long, remote, spacious, wide-extending, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, wide-stretching, widely distributed, widespread, without end |