variants
or longhair
as in intellectual
much given to learning and thinking
one of those long-haired idealists who founded short-lived utopias in rural America
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Recent Examples of long-haired
In these 2-foot-square pictures, long-haired nude female figures in close Edenic companionship with wild beasts poke their heads out from behind lush tropical foliage, and stare, unsettlingly, straight outward.
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Benjamin Lima, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
At the Half-Dollar, outside Houston, groups of long-haired kids sat in front of the stage as cowboys two-stepped behind them.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
If your dog is long-haired, simply trim them to minimize the clinging ice balls, salt crystals and de-icing chemicals that can dry their skin, and don’t neglect the hair between their toes.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
The gray, long-haired, yellow-eyed majestic shop cat gets along with everyone.
—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 18 Nov. 2025
Far away, across the tops of the trees, is a group of dark-bodied, long-haired up-monkeys.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The now-viral post, shared on Tuesday by u/daisieduchess69, shows a long-haired senior tabby with big, blue eyes, hanging out in her new cat tree, which the poster bought for her after deciding to take her in for good.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
But that hasn’t stopped the country singer from being confused for…another bearded, long-haired country singer.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Two years later, a long-haired white Persian appeared in From Russia With Love, purring from the lap of the Bond villain Blofeld.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Benjamin Lima, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
At the Half-Dollar, outside Houston, groups of long-haired kids sat in front of the stage as cowboys two-stepped behind them.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
If your dog is long-haired, simply trim them to minimize the clinging ice balls, salt crystals and de-icing chemicals that can dry their skin, and don’t neglect the hair between their toes.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
The gray, long-haired, yellow-eyed majestic shop cat gets along with everyone.
—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 18 Nov. 2025
Far away, across the tops of the trees, is a group of dark-bodied, long-haired up-monkeys.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The now-viral post, shared on Tuesday by u/daisieduchess69, shows a long-haired senior tabby with big, blue eyes, hanging out in her new cat tree, which the poster bought for her after deciding to take her in for good.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
But that hasn’t stopped the country singer from being confused for…another bearded, long-haired country singer.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Two years later, a long-haired white Persian appeared in From Russia With Love, purring from the lap of the Bond villain Blofeld.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-haired
Adjective
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Mystic trust in the power of Mercury or whatever spans generations and intellectual capacities.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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But these associations were purely intellectual.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The less cerebral side of life is visible just across the street.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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As for Celebrini, the youngest player on the team, his skill and cerebral 200-foot game should, in theory, mesh well with McDavid.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In the iconic teen movie, Rachael Leigh Cook plays a nerdy girl who, in one scene, undergoes a makeover and rocks a red spaghetti strap minidress with a brown bob.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Nothing in the tiny, nerdy world of trivia confers more authority than winning the World Quizzing Championships.—
Drew Goins,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The most massive stars are going to be hotter, larger, bluer, more luminous, but also shorter-lived than the less massive stars.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Olympic torch is a blue-green shade, and the Paralympic torch is gold.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Early in the evening, brand chief executive officer Kentaro Nishimura greeted Uma Thurman, who was wearing a Mikimoto pendant tassel necklace with 427 Akoya cultured pearls and a 12-carat tanzanite.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Skyr Skyr is an Icelandic cultured dairy product made from skim milk and thermophilic lactic acid bacteria cultures.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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With a sharp feel for political arithmetic and a slightly geeky approach to strategy, Hill-Lewis has cultivated constructive relationships with key figures in the ANC leadership, helped along by a personable, pragmatic style that plays well across party lines.—
Sam Mkokeli,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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My spreadsheet used standard deviation, a geeky measurement, to learn that California’s confidence index is 53% more volatile than the national benchmark.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The fact that Katherine had been institutionalized may have tainted her scholarly reputation.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Brown-Grier argued that this knowledge gap is not just a scholarly problem but a governance one.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Long-haired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long-haired. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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