Longstanding
Longstanding adjective - Having existed for a long time.
Usage example: a longstanding friendship
Long and longstanding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Long" instead an adjective "Longstanding".
Long
Long adjective - Primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified.
Usage example: long ago
Longstanding and long are semantically related. You can use "Longstanding" instead an adjective "Long".
Nearby Word: longed
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- tenacious and longstanding
- tenacious and long
- endless and longstanding
- endless and long
- enduring and longstanding
- enduring and long
- lasting and longstanding
- lasting and long
- lingering and longstanding
- lingering and long
- long-lived and longstanding
- long-lived and long
- prolonged and longstanding
- prolonged and long
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