long time

Main Entry:
blue moon []
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: long period of time
Synonyms: ages, coon's age, forever and a day, forever and ever, long time, years
Main Entry: donkey's years
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: very long time
Synonyms: aeon, all one's born days, coon's age, eternity, forever and a day, long time, month of Sundays, right smart spell, time immemorial, time out of mind, years on end
Main Entry: veteran
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: experienced, seasoned
Synonyms: adept, battle-scarred, been around, disciplined, exercised, expert, from way back, hardened, inured, knows one's stuff, long-serving, long-time, not born yesterday, of the old school, old, old-time, practical, practiced, pro*, proficient, skilled, sophisticated, steady, trained, up to speed, versed, vet, weathered, wise, wise to ways, worldly
Antonyms: amateur, green, inexperienced
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Veteran.
Category: 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession
Synonyms:
-nouns
veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard., preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers (paternity).
-phrases
"superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson].
Antonyms: infant
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