Synonyms for eternal
- adjective
Most common
endless perpetual everlasting unending awful heavenly celestial interminable
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Everlasting — lasting forever; unending
everlasting, perpetual, unending, endless, infinite, undying, never-ending, unceasing, immortal, permanent, imperishable, deathless, perennial, immutable, enduring, constant, ageless, continual, ceaseless, continuous, age-long, unlimited
2. Timeless — existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly
Other
heavenly, celestial, interminable, awful, everliving, eviternal dated US, aeviternal UK
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lasting forever; unending.
- adj. 2
Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly.
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Eternal holds quite strictly to the vast and sacred meaning in which it is applied to the Divine Being and the future state.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- endless The Algeria-Morocco conflict seems almost endless.
- perpetual Kim Il-sung is North Korea's perpetual dictator.
- everlasting She attained everlasting fame through her work.
- unending I'm up to here with your unending, insufferable nagging!
- awful I think it's awful, that they're spreading rumors.
- heavenly I love God, the Heavenly Father, who created me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| eternal | rising | |
| endless | rising | |
| perpetual | steady | |
| everlasting | rising | |
| unending | rising | |
| awful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- awful2
- 7 letters
- endless2, undying3, ageless2
- 8 letters
- constant2, infinite3, immortal3, heavenly3, enduring3, timeless2, unending3
- 9 letters
- permanent3, unlimited4, perpetual4, perennial4, celestial3, continual4, immutable4, ceaseless2, unceasing3, deathless, atemporal, eviternal
- 10 letters
- continuous4, everliving, aeviternal
- 11 letters
- everlasting4
- 12 letters
- interminable5, imperishable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (awful2 = 2 syllables).