long haul

1. 1.

   a journey over a long distance

   “it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles”

   Broaderjourney
2. 2.

   a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out

   “in the long run we will win”

   “in the long run we will all be dead”

   “he performed well over the long haul”

   Synonymslong run

   Broadertime period

Questions about long haul

What does long haul mean?

long haul means "a journey over a long distance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for long haul?

Close synonyms include long run. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is long haul a common word?

long haul is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.