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Synonyms for everlasting

  • adjective

Most common

eternal perpetual unending unceasing pure utter sempiternal

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Eternal — lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal. Synonym of sempiternal (“having infinite temporal duration…

eternal, perpetual, unceasing, unending, immortal, infinite, never-ending, endless, permanent, continual, constant, undying, imperishable, deathless, timeless, uninterrupted, ageless, interminable, incessant, continuous, ceaseless, perennial

2. Pure

pure, pyore US, perfect, utter, unadulterated, complete, stark, consummate, double-dyed, thorough-going, gross, staring, thorough, unmitigated, arrant dated, sodding vulgar UK IE

Other

never-dying, sempiternal

Antonyms

mortal, ephemeral, earthly

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal. Synonym of sempiternal (“having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether”).

  2. adj. 2

    Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.

Related words

Word family
everlastingly everlastingness
Phrases
everlasting syllabub everlasting flower everlasting pool everlasting staircase common shrubby everlasting pearly everlasting

Choose the right word

Everlasting, Endless or Interminable?

Everlasting and endless are both used in a limited sense of protracted, indefinite, but not infinite duration; as, the everlasting hills; endless debates; so we speak of interminable quarrels.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • eternal The eternal flame of love burned only half a year.
  • perpetual Kim Il-sung is North Korea's perpetual dictator.
  • unending I'm up to here with your unending, insufferable nagging!
  • unceasing Beyond lay the sea, misty and purple, with its haunting, unceasing murmur.
  • pure My meeting her at the station was a pure accident.
  • utter Everything you've told me so far was an utter lie.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
everlastingrising
eternalrising
perpetualsteady
unendingrising
unceasingsteady
puresteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
pure1
5 letters
gross1, stark1, utter2, pyore
6 letters
arrant2
7 letters
perfect2, endless2, eternal3, staring2, undying3, ageless2, sodding
8 letters
complete2, constant2, infinite3, thorough2, immortal3, timeless2, unending3
9 letters
permanent3, perpetual4, perennial4, continual4, incessant3, ceaseless2, unceasing3, deathless
10 letters
continuous4, consummate3
11 letters
unmitigated5, sempiternal
12 letters
interminable5, imperishable
13 letters
uninterrupted5, unadulterated6

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (utter2 = 2 syllables).