LONG-LIVED Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

long-lived

adjective

ˈlȯŋ-ˈlivd

as in older

being of advanced years and especially past middle age that sequoia tree is especially long-lived, having reached an age generally estimated to be at least 3,000 years

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as in long

lasting for a considerable time much to the relief of his parents, the youth's interest in the piano proved to be long-lived

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Recent Examples of long-lived Peonies are easy to grow and long-lived once established. —

Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026 This design has the potential to reduce the total volume of long-lived spent fuel produced per unit of energy generated and to increase resistance to nuclear proliferation. —

Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026 Boxwoods are easy to grow, green year-round, and long-lived. —

Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026 One supercell thunderstorm was particularly strong and long-lived, starting near Del Rio before tracking east-northeast through the Texas Hill Country. —

Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2026 And while film festivals that are long-lived, and well-attended, may appear to be indestructible meeting places, these spaces are often fragile, hard-won and complex to preserve. —

Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026 Some perennials are very long-lived, such as the peony, daylily, and false indigo, while others are relatively short-lived, such as the lupine, columbine, and delphinium. —

David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026 Several of my favorite festivals happen simultaneously, including the much-loved and long-lived Under the Radar, which this year spreads its umbrella over thirty-two productions. —

Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2026 In fact, most readers of Dickinson are unaware of the intense and long-lived relationship that was at the very core of the poet’s emotional and creative life. —

Via Chronicle Books, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025

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When Misiorowski pitches, his muscular legs take a long stride down the mound, and then his skinny right arm, which is as loose as a whip, follows.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Murakami broke out of his homerless stretch in the third, lofting a long, high fly that was just out of the reach of a leaping Crow-Armstrong in center field for his 16th home run of the year.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026