Synonyms for length
lɛŋkθ, lɛŋθ, lɛnθlength

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. lengthnoun

   the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

   "the length of the table was 5 feet"

   Synonyms:
   duration, distance

2. duration, lengthnoun

   continuance in time

   "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"

   Synonyms:
   duration, continuance, distance

3. lengthnoun

   the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end

   "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"

   Synonyms:
   duration, distance

4. distance, lengthnoun

   size of the gap between two places

   "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"

   Synonyms:
   space, duration, distance, aloofness

5. lengthnoun

   a section of something that is long and narrow

   "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"

   Synonyms:
   duration, distance

Matched Categories

1. • Extent
   • Fundamental Quantity
   • Physical Property
   • Section
   • Size

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   extent, longitude

2. lengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   long duration

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "length":

   duration, long, period, longitude, dependence, term, dependency, lengthwise, extension, size, time, seniority, detail, depth

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How to use length in a sentence?

1. Alan Joyce:

   We don't have the ability to do that length of duty today so you do need to negotiate that and get the regulator comfortable with it, if the business case works ... (we can) put an order in by the end of this year and have aircraft arriving in 2022.

2. Sharon Choksi:

   What you find is across all of those companies, the shirts are 1 to 3 inches slimmer for a girl in every single brand, and when you talk about the shorts, the shorts are literally one-third the length of the boys' shorts, it's one thing for us to say, 'Oh, they're smaller,' but when you actually see the numbers, I think it really drives home the message.

3. Rabindranath Tagore:

   Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

4. John Brooks:

   We can safely reduce the length of quarantine, but accepting there is a small residual risk that a person who is leaving quarantine early could transmit to someone else if they became infectious.

5. Tom Satterly:

   We try to tell the veterans now that we work with today, ‘The length of time you wait to get help is how long you'll suffer,’.