longevity

Questions about longevity

What does longevity mean?

longevity means "duration of service". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in longevity?

longevity has 4 syllables: lon-gev-i-ty. The stress falls on "gev". In IPA it is /lɔnˈdʒɛvəti/.

What is another word for longevity?

Close synonyms include length of service, seniority. 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 longevity a common word?

longevity 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.