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Adjective
▲
Extending or continuing over a relatively long time period
long
lengthy
protracted
extended
sustained
lengthened
continued
persistent
delayed
prolix
tedious
dull
drawn-out
interminable
long-drawn-out
marathon
lingering
dragging
extensive
long-lasting
overlong
long-term
great
time-consuming
enduring
long-lived
far
spun out
slow
dragged out
more ❯
“It retreated in subsequent periods of prolonged dryness, leaving deposits of sediments.”
Adjective
▲
Tediously long in speaking
long-winded
verbose
wordy
prolix
rambling
diffuse
lengthy
circuitous
circumlocutory
windy
tedious
protracted
garrulous
pleonastic
discursive
meandering
long
overlong
repetitious
periphrastic
loquacious
interminable
tautological
logorrheic
bombastic
boring
voluble
talkative
wearisome
tortuous
tiresome
ambagious
gabby
expansive
palaverous
chatty
sesquipedalian
long-drawn-out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Without breaks, gaps or interruptions
solid
continuous
steady
unbroken
uninterrupted
continual
incessant
unremitting
perpetual
relentless
running
ceaseless
lengthy
protracted
undivided
everlasting
permanent
unrelenting
eternal
long
ongoing
unfaltering
consecutive
endless
perennial
regular
continued
unending
closed
extended
unceasing
interminable
nonstop
recurring
unabating
constant
extensive
persistent
sustained
drawn out
drawn-out
never-ending
non-stop
stretched out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Delayed or put off until a later time
deferred
delayed
postponed
adjourned
protracted
remanded
stalled
pigeonholed
retarded
shelved
suspended
temporisedUK
temporizedUS
held up
on hold
on the shelf
put off
on ice
on the back burner
staved off
in waiting
pushed back
put back
tabled
held over
up in the air
halted
interrupted
prorogued
intermitted
scrubbed
late
tardy
overdue
behind
hindered
slowed
stuck
behind schedule
caught up
withheld
Adjective
▲
Large in scale or size
great
big
immense
appreciable
boundless
considerable
enormous
extreme
gigantic
high
huge
large
sizeable
strong
terrible
tremendous
vast
colossal
mammoth
abundant
ample
extended
extensive
giant
ginormous
humongous
humungous
prodigious
pronounced
protracted
stupendous
thumping
titanic
towering
voluminous
whopping
broad
bulky
cosmic
excessive
expansive
gargantuan
jumbo
massive
monstrous
numerous
oversize
sizable
spacious
wide
bull
decided
fat
herculean
lengthy
long
mondo
husky
astronomic
astronomical
biggish
bumper
cavernous
cosmical
elephantine
galactic
goodly
Himalayan
hulking
king-size
king-sized
largish
leviathan
monolithic
mountainous
outsize
outsized
oversized
supersized
vasty
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have made a quantity bigger
increased
raised
enlarged
improved
incremented
boosted
enhanced
furthered
expanded
extended
proliferated
advanced
amplified
elevated
heightened
maximizedUS
optimizedUS
augmented
developed
enriched
inflated
progressed
strengthened
consolidated
magnified
multiplied
compounded
doubled
escalated
aggrandized
ameliorated
bettered
broadened
built
grew
lengthened
lifted
reinforced
upped
accelerated
added to
amassed
beefed up
built up
bumped up
cranked up
deepened
hiked up
inflamed
jacked up
reenforced
snowballed
spread
stepped up
swelled
tripled
widened
annexed
blew up
dilated
distended
fleshed out
marked up
mounted
padded
protracted
pumped up
ratcheted up
redoubled
sharpened
shot up
slapped on
supersized
supplemented
tacked on
upraised
upscaled
went up
added
drew out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to extend or draw out, typically a period or duration
lengthened
protracted
extended
continued
perpetuated
delayed
stalled
stretched
straught
held
holden
padded
persisted
sustained
elongated
increased
outstretched
dragged out
drew out
drawn out
kept up
carried on
held up
stretched out
strung out
extended the duration of
made longer
kept something going
spun out
went on with
gone on with
dragged your feet
let it ride
more ❯
“The heady aftertaste lingered just long enough for me to order another one to prolong the experience.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to preserve from extinction or oblivion
perpetuated
sustained
maintained
preserved
continued
kept
conserved
extended
memorialisedUK
memorializedUS
immortalisedUK
immortalizedUS
eternalized
supported
eternized
commemorated
bolstered
disseminated
propagated
secured
spread
kept up
carried on
kept going
kept alive
kept in existence
caused to continue
retained
upheld
protracted
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to postpone or assign to a later time or date
deferred
postponed
delayed
shelved
suspended
adjourned
rescheduled
tabled
remitted
mothballed
prorogued
stayed
pigeonholed
respited
stalled
retarded
continued
intermitted
protracted
detained
procrastinated
impeded
hindered
slowed
extended
obstructed
lengthened
blocked
waived
put off
held over
put back
put on ice
held up
held off
put over
held in abeyance
put on hold
put in cold storage
laid over
held off on
hung fire
took a rain check on
taken a rain check on
laid on the table
put on the back burner
set aside
carried over
put on back burner
gave rain check
given rain check
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to delay taking action
procrastinated
dallied
delayed
stalled
dawdled
temporisedUK
temporizedUS
adjourned
deferred
dithered
havered
hesitated
postponed
protracted
retarded
vacillated
wavered
cooled
goldbricked
lagged
poked
swithered
tarried
waited
dragged
drug
lingered
loitered
paused
stayed
dilly-dallied
put off
deferred action
dragged your feet
held off
let something slide
shilly-shallied
took a raincheck
taken a raincheck
hummed and hawed
played for time
postponed action
hung fire
put off doing something
suspended action
used delaying tactics
played a waiting game
kicked the can down the road
dragged your heels
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make (someone or something) late or slow
delayed
retarded
impeded
hampered
hindered
obstructed
postponed
restrained
stalled
arrested
derailed
detained
foiled
restricted
retardated
stymied
thwarted
trammelled
trammeled
blocked
cramped
crippled
curbed
deferred
halted
hobbled
interrupted
paused
prevented
protracted
repressed
withheld
withholden
crimped
cumbered
deterred
fettered
hamstrung
hamstringed
inhibited
prorogued
remitted
shackled
shelved
slowed
stopped
barred
braked
brake
checked
choked
clogged
confined
encumbered
frustrated
handcuffed
held
holden
intermitted
held back
held up
put off
set back
slowed down
slowed up
bogged down
interfered with
kept back
shut down
shut off
staved off
stove off
took down
taken down
backed off
closed off
held off on
put back
choked off
held over
made late
put a brake on
got in the way of
gotten in the way of
stood in the way of
brought to screeching halt
hog-tied
threw a spanner in the works
thrown a spanner in the works
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
Verb
▲
Past tense for to jut or protrude in an outward direction
projected
jutted
overhung
protruded
extended
bulged
extruded
stuck out
beetled
stood out
ballooned
billowed
jutted out
poked
pouted
protuberated
swelled
swoll
swollen
bagged
bellied
bunched
cantilevered
hung over
obtruded
pooched
pouched
started
bulged out
distended
lapped over
lengthened
poked out
rode over
ridden over
thrusted out
hung out
popped out
pushed out
stretched out
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