Eternal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Being without beginning or end; existing outside of time. See Synonyms at infinite.
  • adj. Continuing without interruption; perpetual.
  • adj. Forever true or changeless: eternal truths.
  • adj. Seemingly endless; interminable. See Synonyms at ageless, continual.
  • adj. Of or relating to spiritual communion with God, especially in the afterlife.
  • n. Something timeless, uninterrupted, or endless.
  • n. God. Used with the.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Lasting forever; unending.
  • adj. existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.
  • adj. Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.
  • adj. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.
  • adj. Existing at all times without change; immutable.
  • adj. Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive.
  • n. One of the appellations of God.
  • n. That which is endless and immortal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Existing without beginning or end of existence; existing throughout all time.
  • Having a beginning but no end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; imperishable: as, eternal fame.
  • In a special metaphysical use, existing outside of all relations of time; independent of all time-conditions; not temporal.
  • By hyperbole, having no recognized or perceived end of existence; indefinite in duration; perpetual; ceaseless; continued without intermission.
  • “married to immortal verse,”
  • It is sometimes applied to God (1 Tim. i. 17). Perpetual points to the future, and applies especially to that which is established: as, a perpetual covenant, desolation, feud. It is freely applied to anything that lasts indefinitely. All the four words are often used by hyperbole for that which has long duration. See incessant.
  • n. That which is everlasting.
  • n. Eternity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. continuing forever or indefinitely
  • adj. tiresomely long; seemingly without end
  • Equivalent
    permanent    lasting    long   
    Antonym
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    infinite    perpetual    ceaseless    endless    interminable    everlasting    immortal    constant    immutable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    colonel    diurnal    external    fraternal    infernal    internal    journal    kernel    maternal    nocturnal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    everlasting    spiritual    endless    universal    infinite    divine