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stretched-out

ADJECTIVE

extended

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continued drawn-out lengthy protracted

STRONG

elongate elongated enlarged long prolonged spread unfolded unfurled

WEAK

spread-out very long

Antonyms

WEAK

abbreviated abridged compressed condensed contracted curtailed cut lessened narrow reduced shortened

ADJECTIVE

resting

Synonyms

STRONG

crashed dozing dreaming drowsing lounging napping quiet recessing reclining relaxing reposing sleeping snoozing unwinding

WEAK

asleep at ease at rest comfortable lying down taking a break taking it easy

Antonyms

WEAK

active

ADJECTIVE

supine

Synonyms

WEAK

decumbent flat flat on one's back horizontal level procumbent prone prostrate reclining recumbent

ADJECTIVE

vast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ample big boundless broad colossal endless enormous extensive far-flung far-reaching gigantic great huge immense infinite limitless mammoth massive monumental spacious tremendous unlimited

WEAK

all-inclusive astronomical capacious comprehensive detailed eternal expanded forever giant illimitable immeasurable measureless monstrous never-ending prodigious prolonged spread-out sweeping titanic unbounded voluminous widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bounded calculable ending finite insignificant limited little miniature minute narrow restricted short small teeny tiny trivial unimportant

Example Sentences

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“The first EP was this whole story of giving birth to yourself, this giant stretched-out muse,” Isella said, leaning into a stem-winder about the genesis of art.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

In these images, cavernous bubbles and stretched-out filaments of gas etch a more detailed and complete tapestry of star birth than seen in the past.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024

Then, big global winds in the lower few miles of the atmosphere accelerate those amped-up, stretched-out, water-rich versions of normal storms.

From National Geographic • Jan. 25, 2024

The risk of such consistently stretched-out timelines is that Metro won’t deliver the bus service it promises or achieve the bus electrification goals it set for itself.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

So you go to the doctor, she takes it out real quick, and pretty soon you forget how it felt to have a sore, stuffed-up, stretched-out nose.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

stretched-out

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