longstanding

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A form of long-standing — Having existed for a long time; of long standing (duration).

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivelongstanding (comparative more longstanding, superlative most longstanding)

comparative more longstanding · superlative most longstanding

  1. alternativeAlternative form of long-standing.

    Independent developers began airing longstanding grievances, skeletons in the closet, and as-told-tos about Microsoft tactics over the years.

    1993, Stephen Manes, Paul Andrews, Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America, page 420
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    Cooper, Candace Owens, Allie Beth Stuckey and Alex Clark all have longstanding ties to conservative media outlets like the Blaze and the Daily Wire as well as the conservative activist group Turning Point USA, which was instrumental in turning out the vote for Trump.

    2025 April 24, Anna Silman, “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving existed for a long time

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “longstanding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longstanding.

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