Synonyms for oblivion
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Definitions
- n. 1
The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
He regularly drank himself into oblivion.
Related words
- Word family
- obliviate oblivionize oblivious obliteration
Forms
- Plural
- oblivions → forgetfulnesses, limbos, obliviousnesses, pardons…
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Oblivion, from the Latin, signifies overlooking and virtually forgetting an offense, so that the offender stands before the law in all respects as if it had never been committed. Pardon affects individuals; amnesty and oblivion are said of great numbers.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- limbo If life puts us on our knees, let's dance the limbo!
- forgetfulness Forgetfulness and laziness are siblings.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| oblivion | rising | |
| limbo | rising | |
| forgetfulness | rising | |
| incogitancy | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- limbo2
- 6 letters
- pardon2
- 7 letters
- amnesty3
- 10 letters
- forgetness
- 11 letters
- incogitancy
- 13 letters
- forgetfulness, obliviousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (limbo2 = 2 syllables).