Meanings
comparative longer-lasting · superlative longest-lasting
- Persisting or enduring for a long time.
This long-lasting gum keeps its flavor for almost an hour.
Synonyms: durable, lasting, abiding, chronic, continuate, diuturnal, durable, standing · Antonyms: short-lived, ephemeral, abiding, chronic, continuate, diuturnal, durable, standing
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePersisting or enduring for a long time.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveexisting for a long time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek μακροχρόνιος, πολυχρόνιος
- μακροχρόνιος (makrokhrónios)persisting or enduring for a long time
- πολυχρόνιος (polukhrónios)persisting or enduring for a long time
Arabic دَائِم طَوِيلًا
- دَائِم طَوِيلًا (dāʔim ṭawīlan)persisting or enduring for a long time
Catalan de llarga durada
- de llarga duradapersisting or enduring for a long time
Finnish kestävä, pitkäikäinen
- kestäväpersisting or enduring for a long time
- pitkäikäinenpersisting or enduring for a long time
- pitkäkestoinenpersisting or enduring for a long time
German langlebig, nachhaltig
- langlebigpersisting or enduring for a long time
- nachhaltigpersisting or enduring for a long time
- dauerhaftpersisting or enduring for a long time
- lang anhaltendpersisting or enduring for a long time
- ausdauerndpersisting or enduring for a long time
- haltbarpersisting or enduring for a long time
Greek μακροχρόνιος
- μακροχρόνιος (makrochrónios)persisting or enduring for a long time
Italian duraturo
- duraturopersisting or enduring for a long time
Latin diūtinus, diūturnus
- diūtinuspersisting or enduring for a long time
- diūturnuspersisting or enduring for a long time
Māori matatū, tautini
- matatūpersisting or enduring for a long time
- tautinipersisting or enduring for a long time
Polish długotrwały
- długotrwałypersisting or enduring for a long time
Scottish Gaelic buan
- buanpersisting or enduring for a long time
Spanish dilatado, de larga duración
- dilatadopersisting or enduring for a long time
- de larga duraciónpersisting or enduring for a long time
Cite this entry
long-lasting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-lasting
“long-lasting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-lasting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long-lasting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-lasting.
Source: long-lasting on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.