LONGEVOUS Synonyms

• lasting a long time

• people who are old collectively

• advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

• at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)

• having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

• of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)

• (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process

• a very old person

• a person who lived in ancient times

• belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

• very old

• existing for a long time

• capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay

• very long lasting

• people who are old collectively

• advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

• lasting a long time

• patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble

• any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

• continuing forever or indefinitely

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• having existed for a long time

• (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

• of long duration; not new

• past times

• of a very early stage in development

• (used for emphasis) very familiar

• skilled through long experience

• belonging to some prior time

• excellent

• just preceding something else in time or order

• continuing or remaining in a place or state

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

• a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

• (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• stay put (in a certain place)

• dwell

• continue in a place, position, or situation

• remain behind

• stop or halt

• stay behind

• hang on during a trial of endurance

• stop a judicial process

• fasten with stays

• overcome or allay

• continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place

• a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

• not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition