Synonym of Longing

longing

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Noun
1. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
(synonym) yearning
(hypernym) desire
(hyponym) hankering, yen
(derivation) hanker, long, yearn

long

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Noun
1. a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long"
(hypernym) long time, age, years

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Verb
1. desire strongly or persistently
(synonym) hanker, yearn
(hypernym) desire, want
(hyponym) ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
(derivation) longer, thirster, yearner

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Adjective
1. 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"
(antonym) short
(similar) agelong
(attribute) duration, length
2. 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"
(antonym) short
(similar) elongate, elongated
(attribute) length
3. of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
(similar) tall
4. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
(antonym) short
(classification) finance
5. of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')
(antonym) short
(classification) phonetics
6. used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
(similar) stressed
(classification) prosody, metrics
7. involving substantial risk; "long odds"
(similar) unsound
8. (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory"
(synonym) tenacious
(similar) retentive
9. planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
(synonym) farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, longsighted
(similar) provident
10. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"
(similar) abundant

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Adverb
1. for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
2. for an extended distance