What is another word for lengthy?
237 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ lˈɛŋθi], [ lˈɛŋθi], [ l_ˈɛ_ŋ_θ_i]
When a piece of writing is "lengthy," it can be difficult to hold a reader's attention. Luckily, there are plenty of synonyms to help make your prose more concise and engaging. "Long-winded" is a common alternative, highlighting the excess of unnecessary words in a lengthy piece. "Prolix" is more formal, emphasizing the repetitive nature of long writing. "Tedious" highlights the dullness that might accompany a drawn-out article. "Verbose" points to the excessive verbiage in a lengthy text, whereas "rambling" implies a lack of structure. When you're editing your writing, try using these synonyms to help you trim down the word count and make your writing more engaging.
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Similar words for lengthy:
- durable (adjective)
- extended (adjective)
- long (adjective)
- talkative (adjective)
- wordy (adjective)
- diffuse (adjective)
- dragging (adjective)
- drawn-out (adjective)
- extensive (adjective)
- great (adjective)
- long-drawn-out (adjective)
- overlong (adjective)
- prolonged (adjective)
Synonyms for Lengthy:
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adj.
• durable- durable ,
- enduring ,
- eternal ,
- everlasting ,
- incessant ,
- interminable ,
- lasting ,
- lifelong ,
- lifetime ,
- livelong ,
- long-life ,
- perennial ,
- perpetual ,
- prolonged .
- bombastic ,
- chatty ,
- endless ,
- excessive ,
- featherbedding ,
- grandiloquent ,
- long-winded ,
- loquacious ,
- ponderous ,
- rambling ,
- superfluous ,
- talkative ,
- verbose ,
- wandering .
- co pious ,
- co-pious ,
- dis cursive ,
- dis-cursive ,
- long winded ,
- meandering ,
- more circumlocutory ,
- more diffusive ,
- more palaverous ,
- more waffling ,
- most circumlocutory ,
- most diffusive ,
- most palaverous ,
- most waffling ,
- pro fuse ,
- pro-fuse .
- across board ,
- all encompassing ,
- all inclusive ,
- allencompassing ,
- allinclusive ,
- ex tensive ,
- ex-tensive ,
- far flung ,
- farflung ,
- in discriminate ,
- in-discriminate ,
- large scale ,
- largescale ,
- more all encompassing ,
- more all-encompassing ,
- more allencompassing ,
- more comprising ,
- more expanded ,
- more extensive ,
- more scopic ,
- more scopious ,
- more unexclusive ,
- more wide ranging ,
- more wide-ranging ,
- more wideranging ,
- most all encompassing ,
- most all-encompassing ,
- most allencompassing ,
- most comprising ,
- most expanded ,
- most scopic ,
- most scopious ,
- most unexclusive ,
- most wide ranging ,
- most wide-ranging ,
- most wideranging ,
- un exclusive ,
- un restricted ,
- un-exclusive ,
- un-restricted ,
- uni versal ,
- uni-versal ,
- voluminous ,
- wall to wall ,
- wall wall ,
- wholesale ,
- wide ranging ,
- wide-ranging ,
- wideranging .
Other synonyms:
- dragging ,
- forever ,
- persevering ,
- persistent .
- excite .
Other relevant words:
- Largiloquent ,
- Long-drawn ,
- Longshanks ,
- Longsome ,
- Longspun ,
- Prosing ,
- Sesquipedal ,
- Wiredrawn ,
- ambagious ,
- ample ,
- attenuated ,
- backbreaking ,
- bimestrial ,
- boring ,
- broad ,
- circumlocutory ,
- colossal ,
- copious ,
- daddy longlegs ,
- diffuse ,
- digressive ,
- discursive ,
- drawling ,
- drawn-out ,
- dull ,
- elaborate ,
- elongate ,
- elongated ,
- eventual ,
- excursive ,
- expanded ,
- extended ,
- extensive ,
- exuberant ,
- far ,
- far-flung ,
- far-reaching ,
- fargoing ,
- filled out ,
- final ,
- flatulent ,
- frothy ,
- gangling ,
- gangly ,
- garrulous ,
- giant ,
- gigantic ,
- great ,
- king-size ,
- lank ,
- lanky ,
- large ,
- leggy ,
- lengthened ,
- long-legged ,
- long-spun ,
- longer ,
- longish ,
- longlegs ,
- loose ,
- maundering ,
- nightlong ,
- no end of ,
- oblong ,
- outstretched ,
- over-long ,
- padded ,
- periphrastic ,
- pleonastic ,
- profuse ,
- prolix ,
- protracted ,
- rangy ,
- redundant ,
- roundabout ,
- sesquipedalian ,
- slow ,
- statuesque ,
- tall ,
- tautological ,
- tedious ,
- tiresome ,
- unrelenting ,
- very long ,
- wearisome ,
- wide ,
- without end ,
- words ,
- yearlong .
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How to use "Lengthy" in context?
Lengthy is an adjective meaning long or extensive. It can describe things such as a conversation, a novel, or a period of time. When we use lengthy to describe something, we're emphasizing that it's important or worth spending time on.
Lengthy conversations are one of the things that make life interesting. They can provide us with new perspectives and allow us to learn a lot about someone else. We often enjoy exploring new interests with people we trust, and lengthy conversations are a great way to do that.
Lengthy novels are another type of thing that can be described as lengthy.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
drawn-out, extended, long-winded, protracted, voluminous, time-consuming, long-standing, long-running.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
broad, bulky, burdensome, comprehensive, delayed, detailed, difficult, endless, enduring, excessive, exhaustive, extensive, far-reaching, full-length, great, huge, interminable, large, lasting, lingering, long-lasting, long-life, long-lived, long-range, long-staple, never-ending, painstaking, significant, slow, slow-moving, sluggish, substantial, tedious, thorough, unending, vast, wide, wide-ranging, Lang, in-depth, long-established, long-time, time-wasting, long-haul, longer-term, long-form, long-duration, long-, long-barrelled.
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Noun, singular or mass
extensive.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
considerable, cumbersome, laborious, length, longstanding, long-drawn-out.
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Noun, singular or mass
length.
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Adjective
Homophones for Lengthy:
- lingcod, linocut, lamaist, lancet, lancewood, leoncita, lanset, lounge suit, longitude, lynx-eyed, langset, long-dated, long shot, long whist, laying waste, Lammas Day, luminosity, langouste, long suit, lammastide, limacoid, langsat, lansat, length, low-necked, linked, longsighted, langside, long-jawed, long-headed, lunkhead, longshot, languid, linseed, lemon zest, limacidae, linecut, linguist.
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