English

Detailed Synonyms for long for in English

long for:

to long for verb (longs for, longed for, longing for)

  1. to long for
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to languish; to long for; to pine; to yearn
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • long for verb (longs for, longed for, longing for)
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
  2. to long for
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to yearn
    – desire strongly or persistently 1
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    to long for; to languish; to pine
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • long for verb (longs for, longed for, longing for)
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
  3. to long for
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to wither; to waste away
    • wither verb (withers, withered, withering)
    • waste away verb (wastes away, wasted away, wasting away)
    to languish; to pine away
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • pine away verb (pines away, pined away, pining away)
    to pine; to long for
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
    • long for verb (longs for, longed for, longing for)

Conjugations for long for:

present
  1. long for
  2. long for
  3. longs for
  4. long for
  5. long for
  6. long for
simple past
  1. longed for
  2. longed for
  3. longed for
  4. longed for
  5. longed for
  6. longed for
present perfect
  1. have longed for
  2. have longed for
  3. has longed for
  4. have longed for
  5. have longed for
  6. have longed for
past continuous
  1. was longing for
  2. were longing for
  3. was longing for
  4. were longing for
  5. were longing for
  6. were longing for
future
  1. shall long for
  2. will long for
  3. will long for
  4. shall long for
  5. will long for
  6. will long for
continuous present
  1. am longing for
  2. are longing for
  3. is longing for
  4. are longing for
  5. are longing for
  6. are longing for
subjunctive
  1. be longed for
  2. be longed for
  3. be longed for
  4. be longed for
  5. be longed for
  6. be longed for
diverse
  1. long for!
  2. let's long for!
  3. longed for
  4. longing for
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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