PROTRACTED Synonyms

• fully extended or stretched forth

• relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

• drawn out or made longer spatially

• beyond the literal or primary sense

• large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

• relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

• using or containing too many words

• uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

• relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

• drawn out or made longer spatially

• of a task that takes time and patience

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• lengthen or extend in duration or space

• extend in scope or range or area

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• span an interval of distance, space or time

• make available; provide

• thrust or extend out

• reach outward in space

• offer verbally

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• expand the influence of

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• cause to move at full gallop

• open or straighten out; unbend

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• prolong the time allowed for payment of

• continue or extend

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

• cause to speak

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• make more sociable

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• remove by suction

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense