retentive vs long
long vs retentiveretentive and long both are adjectives.
retentive is not a verb while long is a verb.
retentive is not an adverb while long is an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| retentive | No | Yes | No | No |
| long | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
As adjectives,
retentive and long
are synonyms defined as:
- retentive and long: good at remembering
Other synonyms of retentive include
recollective, tenacious.
| retentive (adjective) | long (adjective) |
|---|---|
| good at remembering | good at remembering |
| having the capacity to retain something | primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified |
| having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water | primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified |
| (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration | |
| holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices | |
| having or being more than normal or necessary | |
| planning prudently for the future | |
| of relatively great height | |
| involving substantial risk |
| retentive (verb) | long (verb) |
|---|---|
| desire strongly or persistently |
| retentive (adverb) | long (adverb) |
|---|---|
| for an extended time or at a distant time | |
| for an extended distance |
Words related to "retentive"
Words related to "long"
- abundant
- ache
- agelong
- all-night
- aware
- bimestrial
- chronic
- continuing
- daylong
- desire
- drawn-out
- durable
- duration
- eight-day
- elongate
- elongated
- endless
- eternal
- extendable
- extended
- extendible
- far
- farseeing
- farsighted
- finance
- foresighted
- foresightful
- hanker
- hourlong
- interminable
- languish
- lank
- lasting
- length
- lengthened
- lengthy
- lifelong
- long ass
- long-acting
- long-dated
- long-handled
- long-lasting
- long-life
- long-lived
- long-range
- long-run
- long-snouted
- long-standing
- long-staple
- long-term
- long-wool
- long-wooled
- longer
- longing
- longish
- longitudinal
- longness
- longsighted
- longstanding
- mindful
- monthlong
- nightlong
- oblong
- overnight
- perennial
- phonetics
- pine
- pole-handled
- polysyllabic
- prolonged
- prospicient
- protracted
- provident
- recollective
- retentive
- semipermanent
- sesquipedalian
- seven-day
- short
- stretch
- tall
- tenacious
- time-consuming
- unsound
- want
- weeklong
- womb-to-tomb
- yearlong
- yearn
- yen
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