Definition of FOREVER

forever

Meanings

Plural: forevers

Adverb

  • for a limitless time; ; - P.P.Bliss
    • "no one can live forever"
  • for a very long or seemingly endless time
    • "she took forever to write the paper"
    • "we had to wait forever and a day"
  • without interruption

Adv

  • For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
  • For a very long time, a seeming eternity.
  • Constantly or frequently.

Noun

  • An extremely long time.
  • A mythical time in the future that will never come.

Adj

  • Permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.

Origin / Etymology

Univerbation of for ever, from Middle English for ever, for evere. By surface analysis, for + ever. First attested in the late 14c., and first attested in the late 17c. as one word. Noun first attested in 1858.

Synonyms

5ever, ad infinitum, all the time, always, aye, constantly, continually, endlessly, eternally, ever, ever after, everlastingly, evermore, fivever, for ever and ever, for ever more, for evermore, for good, forever, forever and a day, forevermore, in perpetuity, in saecula saeculorum, incessantly, lastingly, neverendingly, permanently, perpetually, sempiternally, until hell freezes over, until Kingdom come

Antonyms

moment, never, nevermore

Scrabble Score: 13

forever is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
forever is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
forever is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

forever is a valid Words With Friends word