long term
Lasting many years
Long term refers to an extended period of time, typically years rather than weeks or months.
It appears in phrases like long-term planning, long-term investment, or long-term relationship—contexts where duration and commitment matter.
We're thinking long term here.
The opposite is short term.
Often hyphenated when preceding a noun: a long-term solution.
Persisting over time
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- lifestylePersonal living pattern
- wellnessOverall state of health
- preventionStopping something before occurring
recovery · remission · maintenance · outcome · survival · side effects · quality of life · rehabilitation
Planned approach to goals
- goalsIntended end results
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- visionAbility to see
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
forecasting · budgeting · projections · milestones · benchmarks · sustainability · development · investment
Connection between entities
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- marriageFormal union between partners
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
tenure · career · stability · perseverance · endurance · devotion · steadfastness · permanence
Memory retrieval act
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- encodingConverting data to format
hippocampus · retrieval · lasting · permanent · autobiographical · semantic · episodic · engram
Deploying capital for returns
- bondsTies that unite
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- mortgageSecured home loan
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
portfolio · compound interest · annuity · pension · equity · appreciation · capital gains · dividends
chronic
Persisting over time
prevention · recovery · remission · maintenance · outcome · survival · side effects · quality of life · rehabilitation · management
strategy
Planned approach to goals
- goalsIntended end results
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- visionAbility to see
roadmap · forecasting · budgeting · projections · milestones · benchmarks · sustainability · development · investment · expansion
relationship
Connection between entities
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- marriageFormal union between partners
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
loyalty · tenure · career · stability · perseverance · endurance · devotion · steadfastness · permanence · continuity
recall
Memory retrieval act
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
encoding · hippocampus · retrieval · lasting · permanent · autobiographical · semantic · episodic · engram · remembrance
investment
Deploying capital for returns
retirement · portfolio · compound interest · annuity · pension · equity · appreciation · capital gains · dividends · 401k
- "Long" wordslonghorn
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- time periodsday, year, month, week, hour
- long-term thinkingforesight, planning, strategy, vision, future
- prison sentenceslife sentence, jail time, sentence length, life without parole, mandatory minimum
- risk tolerancerisk tolerance, risk appetite, risk averse, risk seeking, conservative
long termshort term
Of limited duration
short-term · brief · temporary · momentary · short-lived
long termshort term
Of limited duration
immediate · short-range · myopic · tactical · reactive
long termtemporary
Limited in duration
transient · ephemeral · transitory · impermanent · provisional
long, term, prolong, elongate, long-term, longevity, longitude, elongation, prolongation