Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb long
1 of 2 senses of long
Sense 2
long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
=> die
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb long
1 of 2 senses of long
Sense 2
long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
=> die
Entailment of verb long
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb long
2 senses of long
Sense 1
hanker, long, yearn
=> desire, want
Sense 2
long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
=> miss
Familiarity of verb long
long used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb long
Sense 1
hanker, long, yearn
=> desire, want
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Sense 2
long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
=> miss
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Grep of noun long
furlong
livelong
long
long-billed marsh wren
long-clawed prawn
long-distance
long-distance call
long-distance runner
long-eared bat
long-eared owl
long-fin tunny
long-handled spade
long-head coneflower
long-horned beetle
long-horned grasshopper
long-neck clam
long-spurred violet
long-sufferance
long-suffering
long-tailed porcupine
long-tailed weasel
long-term memory
long-windedness
long beach
long beech fern
long bone
long division
long dozen
long haul
long horse
long hundred
long hundredweight
long iron
long island
long island sound
long johns
long jump
long measure
long moss
long pants
long pepper
long pillow
long plane
long run
long saphenous vein
long shot
long sleeve
long suit
long time
long tom
long ton
long trousers
long underwear
long wave
long whist
longan
longanberry
longanimity
longar palm
longbeard
longboat
longbow
longbowman
longcase clock
longer
longevity
longfellow
longfin mako
longhand
longheaded thimbleweed
longhorn
longicorn
longicorn beetle
longing
longitude
longleaf pine
longlegs
longness
longroot
longshoreman
longshot
longsightedness
longtail weasel
longueur
longways
longways dance
longwool
longyi
oblong
oolong
ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system
so long
tagalong
tai long
yard-long bean
Overview of noun long
The noun long has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (10) long -- (a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long")
Overview of verb long
The verb long has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)
2. (4) long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish -- (have a yen for)
Overview of adj long
The adj long has 10 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (118) long -- (primarily temporal sense being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; ; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long")
2. (107) long -- (primarily spatial sense of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long")
3. (2) long -- (of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows")
4. long -- ((finance) holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold")
5. long -- ((phonetics) of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot'))
6. long -- ((prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration)
7. long -- (involving substantial risk; "long odds")
8. long, tenacious -- ((of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory")
9. farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted -- (planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues")
10. long -- (having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply")
Overview of adv long
The adv long has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (37) long -- (for an extended time or at a distant time; "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. long -- (for an extended distance)
Antonyms of adj long
10 senses of long
Sense 1
long (vs. short)
short (vs. long)
=> abbreviated, shortened, truncated
=> brief, little
=> clipped
=> fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary
=> short-dated
=> short-range
=> short-run, short-term
=> telescoped, shortened
=> short and sweet(prenominal)
Sense 2
long (vs. short)
short (vs. long)
=> abbreviated, brief
=> close
=> curtal
=> sawed-off, shortened
=> shortish
=> short-range
=> short-snouted
=> telescoped, shortened
=> snub
=> stubby
=> truncate, truncated
Sense 3
long
INDIRECT (VIA tall) -> short
Sense 4
long (vs. short)
short (vs. long)
Sense 5
long (vs. short)
short (vs. long)
Sense 6
long
INDIRECT (VIA stressed) -> unstressed, unaccented
Sense 7
long
INDIRECT (VIA unsound) -> sound
Sense 8
long, tenacious
INDIRECT (VIA retentive) -> unretentive, forgetful
Sense 9
farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted
INDIRECT (VIA provident) -> improvident
Sense 10
long
INDIRECT (VIA abundant) -> scarce
Similarity of adj long
10 senses of long
Sense 1
long (vs. short)
=> agelong
=> bimestrial
=> daylong
=> drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted
=> durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived
=> endless, eternal, interminable
=> hourlong
=> lifelong, womb-to-tomb
=> long-acting
=> long-dated
=> longish
=> longitudinal
=> long-range
=> long-run, long-term, semipermanent
=> longstanding
=> monthlong
=> nightlong, overnight
=> perennial
=> weeklong
=> yearlong
Sense 2
long (vs. short)
=> elongate, elongated
=> elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged
=> extendible, extendable
=> far
=> in length(prenominal)
=> lank
=> long-distance
=> longer, longest
=> long-handled
=> long-range
=> long-snouted
=> long-staple
=> oblong
=> polysyllabic, sesquipedalian
=> stretch(postnominal)
=> long-wool, long-wooled
Sense 3
long
=> tall (vs. short)
Sense 4
long (vs. short)
Sense 5
long (vs. short)
Sense 6
long
=> stressed (vs. unstressed)
Sense 7
long
=> unsound (vs. sound)
Sense 8
long, tenacious
=> retentive (vs. unretentive)
Sense 9
farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted
=> provident (vs. improvident)
Sense 10
long
=> abundant (vs. scarce)
Attributes of adj long
2 of 10 senses of long
Sense 1
long (vs. short)
=> duration, length
Sense 2
long (vs. short)
=> length
Familiarity of adj long
long used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 10)
Grep of adj long
agelong
daylong
headlong
hourlong
lifelong
livelong
long
long-acting
long-ago
long-dated
long-distance
long-faced
long-familiar
long-haired
long-handled
long-headed
long-lasting
long-legged
long-lived
long-play
long-playing
long-range
long-run
long-shanked
long-snouted
long-staple
long-suffering
long-term
long-wearing
long-winded
long-wool
long-wooled
longanimous
longed-for
longer
longest
longhand
longish
longitudinal
longsighted
longstanding
longtime
monthlong
nightlong
oblong
sidelong
weeklong
yearlong
Overview of noun long
The noun long has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (10) long -- (a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long")
Overview of verb long
The verb long has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)
2. (4) long, ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish -- (have a yen for)
Overview of adj long
The adj long has 10 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (118) long -- (primarily temporal sense being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; ; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long")
2. (107) long -- (primarily spatial sense of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long")
3. (2) long -- (of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows")
4. long -- ((finance) holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold")
5. long -- ((phonetics) of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot'))
6. long -- ((prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration)
7. long -- (involving substantial risk; "long odds")
8. long, tenacious -- ((of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory")
9. farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted -- (planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues")
10. long -- (having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply")
Overview of adv long
The adv long has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (37) long -- (for an extended time or at a distant time; "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. long -- (for an extended distance)
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