Synonyms for (adjective) extended

Synonyms: extended, extensive

Definition: large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

Usage: an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England; extended farm lands; surgeons with extended experience; they suffered extensive damage

Similar words: large, big



Synonyms: extended

Definition: beyond the literal or primary sense

Usage: `hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'

Similar words: nonliteral, figurative

Definition: (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

Usage: figurative language

Synonyms: extended

Definition: fully extended or stretched forth


Similar words: spread, outspread

Definition: fully extended in width

Usage: outspread wings; with arms spread wide

Similar words: outstretched

Definition: fully extended especially in length

Usage: a kitten with one paw outstretched

Similar words: sprawly

Definition: spread out irregularly

Usage: a big sprawly city

Similar words: spread-eagle

Definition: with arms and legs stretched out and apart

Usage: lay spread-eagle on the floor

Similar words: stretched

Definition: extended or spread over a wide area or distance

Usage: broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us

Synonyms: elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged

Definition: drawn out or made longer spatially

Usage: Picasso's elongated Don Quixote; lengthened skirts are fashionable this year; the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes; a prolonged black line across the page

Similar words: long


Usage: a long road; a long distance; contained many long words; ten miles long

Synonyms: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, protracted, prolonged

Definition: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

Usage: a drawn-out argument; an extended discussion; a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law; a prolonged and bitter struggle; protracted negotiations

Similar words: long


Usage: a long life; a long boring speech; a long time; a long friendship; a long game; long ago; an hour long