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Adjective
▲
Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual
extended
long
lengthy
prolonged
long-drawn-out
overlong
interminable
lengthened
never-ending
time-consuming
lingering
sustained
drawn out
drawn-out
endless
marathon
slow
stretched out
long-winded
prolix
rambling
verbose
wordy
continued
deep
delayed
distant
dragged out
dragging
elongate
elongated
enduring
enlarged
expanded
extensive
faraway
far-off
far-reaching
gangling
great
high
lanky
lasting
lofty
longish
outstretched
rangy
remote
running
spun out
stretch
stretched
stretching
stringy
strung out
tall
towering
spread out
more ❯
“The struggle was bitter and protracted.”
Adjective
▲
Persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
abiding
ceaseless
chronic
confirmed
constant
continual
continuing
continuous
deep-rooted
deep-seated
enduring
ever-present
fixed
habitual
inborn
inbred
incurable
ineradicable
ingrained
inveterate
lasting
lifelong
long-lived
long-standing
obstinate
perennial
persistent
persisting
recurrent
recurring
rooted
routine
settled
stubborn
tenacious
unabating
unmitigated
unyielding
usual
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Abounding in words or containing more words than necessary
verbose
wordy
prolix
garrulous
rambling
talkative
windy
loquacious
diffuse
gabby
voluble
mouthy
effusive
lengthy
circuitous
gushing
talky
pleonastic
circumlocutory
repetitious
gassy
expansive
multiloquent
discursive
babbling
multiloquous
blathering
meandering
digressive
tedious
periphrastic
prattling
tautological
jabbering
wandering
repetitive
yakking
logorrheic
indirect
bombastic
wittering
convoluted
prating
gobby
redundant
tortuous
yacking
involved
ambagious
logorrhoeic
orotund
palaverous
pompous
flowery
fustian
grandiloquent
magniloquent
pretentious
repeating
rhetorical
tautologous
long-winded
big-mouthed
with the gift of the gab
full of air
having kissed the Blarney stone
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Without breaks, gaps or interruptions
solid
continuous
steady
unbroken
uninterrupted
continual
incessant
unremitting
perpetual
relentless
running
ceaseless
lengthy
prolonged
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
▲
Put off till a later time
deferred
delayed
negotiated
postponed
adjourned
charged
funded
pigeonholed
prolonged
remanded
renegotiated
retarded
scrubbed
stalled
temporisedUK
temporizedUS
held up
indebted
in waiting
on hold
on the shelf
staved off
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
stupendous
thumping
titanic
towering
voluminous
whopping
broad
bulky
cosmic
excessive
expansive
gargantuan
jumbo
massive
monstrous
numerous
oversize
prolonged
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 ❯
Adjective
▲
Characterized by extreme force, degree, or strength
intense
fierce
acute
extreme
great
severe
deep
profound
harsh
powerful
concentrated
exquisite
intensive
serious
enormous
exceptional
extraordinary
strong
supreme
almighty
blistering
consuming
drastic
dreadful
excessive
excruciating
explosive
fearful
fearsome
ferocious
forceful
frightful
furious
ghastly
hard
heavy
heavy-duty
hellacious
high
keen
major
potent
terrible
vehement
vicious
vigorous
violent
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
close
full
heightened
intensified
marked
tough
unqualified
all-consuming
biting
bitter
cutting
diligent
exaggerated
forcible
penetrating
piercing
towering
undue
pungent
sharp
shrill
stinging
strained
vivid
mother of all
red-hot
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
pumped up
ratcheted up
redoubled
sharpened
shot up
slapped on
supersized
supplemented
tacked on
upraised
upscaled
went up
added
drew out
elongated
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to extend or make longer
extended
prolonged
lengthened
continued
elongated
dragged out
drew out
drawn out
outstretched
stretched
straught
stretched out
perpetuated
sustained
carried on
cooled
deferred
delayed
drew
drawn
expanded
kept up
made longer
padded
postponed
procrastinated
prolongated
spun out
stalled
strung out
extended the duration of
went on with
gone on with
kept something going
held off
held up
kept going
put off
dragged on
put on hold
more ❯
“The appearance of a rebel splinter group will merely protract the civil war.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to halt an activity or task temporarily
suspended
postponed
delayed
deferred
shelved
adjourned
tabled
prorogued
rescheduled
mothballed
stayed
pigeonholed
interrupted
retarded
held
holden
recessed
intermitted
prorogated
procrastinated
checked
withheld
withholden
disbanded
filed
waived
barred
canned
inactivated
put off
held over
put back
put on ice
held off
held up
held in abeyance
put aside
laid over
put in cold storage
put on hold
laid on the table
took a rain check on
taken a rain check on
put on the back burner
laid aside
hung fire
called a halt to
kept in abeyance
put on back burner
put in abeyance
pink-slipped
hung up
counted out
ruled out
staved off
stove off
put on the shelf
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to maintain, prolong, or keep something going
sustained
continued
maintained
kept
prolonged
supported
preserved
bore
beared
borne
conserved
perpetuated
retained
backed
buoyed
carried on
defended
favoredUS
favouredUK
kept up
kept alive
kept going
stayed with
bolstered up
held up
stood by
kept in existence
kept from falling
extended
upheld
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to delay taking action
procrastinated
dallied
delayed
stalled
dawdled
temporisedUK
temporizedUS
adjourned
deferred
dithered
havered
hesitated
postponed
prolonged
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
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
prolonged
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 remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period
lasted
continued
endured
persisted
lingered
remained
bode
bided
bidden
extended
perpetuated
abode
abided
existed
ground
grinded
perdured
held
holden
lived
maintained
passed
proceeded
progressed
projected
stayed
sustained
took
taken
tarried
was
were
been
recurred
repeated
went on
gone on
kept going
carried on
ran on
run on
dragged on
kept on
lived on
stayed on
stuck around
ground away
held fast
ploughed on
pressed on
stayed around
held on
had no end
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