eternal
Meanings
Plural: eternals
Adjective Satellite
- continuing forever or indefinitely
- "eternal truths"
- tiresomely long; seemingly without end
- "the wait seemed eternal"
- "eternal quarreling"
Adj
- Lasting forever; unending.
- Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly.
- Constant; perpetual; ceaseless; ever-present.
- Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
Noun
- One who lives forever; an immortal.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe.
Synonyms
achronic, aeonian, ageful, ageless, agelong, amaranthine, atemporal, awful, endless, enduring, eonian, eternal, eterne, everduring, evergreen, everlasting, eviternal, extratemporal, forever, imperishable, indesinent, interminable, lasting, neverending, perennial, permanent, perpetual, perpetuate, persistent, sempiternal, timeless, unceasing, undeadly, undying, unending
Antonyms
ephemeral, eternal, fleeting, impermanent, lasting, momentary, mortal, perennial, persistent, temporary, transient, unperpetual, unperpetuated
Scrabble Score: 7
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