long time

Questions about long time

What does long time mean?

long time means "a prolonged period of time".

What is another word for long time?

Close synonyms include age, years. 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 time a common word?

long time is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.