Unscramble longer

Definition of longer

adjective:

• 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". Synonyms: long. Antonyms: short.
• 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". Synonyms: long. Antonyms: short.
• of relatively great height; - Sherwood Anderson; "a race of long gaunt men", "looked out the long French windows". Synonyms: long.
• good at remembering; "a retentive mind", "tenacious memory". Synonyms: long, recollective, retentive, tenacious. Antonyms: unretentive.
• holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee", "a long position in gold". Synonyms: long. Antonyms: short.
• (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long". Synonyms: long. Antonyms: short.
• involving substantial risk; "long odds". Synonyms: long.
• planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies", "took a long view of the geopolitical issues". Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient.
• having or being more than normal or necessary:; "long on brains", "in long supply". Synonyms: long.

adverb:

• for more time; "can I stay bit longer?".

noun:

• a person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money", "a thirster after blood", "a yearner for knowledge". Synonyms: thirster, yearner.

Words nearby

conger, linger, lodger, logger, loner, lounger, lunger, monger.