All protracted synonyms
pro·tract
P p adj protracted
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- long — having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- intense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- mondo — a question to a student for which an immediate answer is demanded, the spontaneity of which is often illuminating.
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- all-encompassing — all-embracing.
- dragging — marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite.
- deferred — withheld over a certain period; postponed
- longish — somewhat long.
- drawn-out — long-drawn-out.
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- chronic — A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.
- great — unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
- lengthy — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- draggy — moving or developing very slowly.
- lingering — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
- longitudinal — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- interminable — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- forever and a day — without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
- diffusive — tending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion.
- in waiting — a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay.
adjective protracted
- elongate — Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
- elongated — Unusually long in relation to its width.
- laborious — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- extensive — Covering or affecting a large area.
- interminate — Without end or limit; boundless; infinite.
- neverending — having or likely to have no end: never-ending worry.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- expanded — Being or having been enlarged, extended, or broadened, in particular.
- extended — Made larger; enlarged.
verb protracted
- inactivated — Simple past tense and past participle of inactivate.
- drawled — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- craned — any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- nasalized — Simple past tense and past participle of nasalize.
- overdrew — Simple past form of overdraw.