long: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 5 letter points · starts with L · ends with G
Meaning of long
adj
Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
Example: I need a long piece of wood.
Having much distance in space from one end to the other. Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (see also Usage Notes below).
Example: This table is long but not very high.
Having much distance in space from one end to the other. Travelling a great distance.
Example: Smith hoofs a long ball up to Jones.
- informal
Having much distance in space from one end to the other. Having a long penis.
Example: My ex was very strong but not very long.
Listed forms: longer, longest, lang.
Source: Wiktionary — long.
noun
A long vowel.
A long syllable.
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
Example: A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
Listed forms: longs, lang.
Source: Wiktionary — long.
verb
- transitive
To take a long position in.
Listed forms: longs, longing, longed, lang.
Source: Wiktionary — long.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for long.
adjective
good at remembering
adjective
planning prudently for the future
- farseeing
- farsighted
- foresighted
- foresightful
- prospicient
- longsighted
verb
desire strongly or persistently
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is long in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of long
L(1) + O(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of long
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from long
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in long. Showing up to 24, longest first.