Synonyms for perpetuity
Most common
permanence continuity constancy persistence eternity immortality
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Permanence
2. Eternity
Other
ceaselessness, sempiternity, eternality, unendingness, eternalness rare, perpetuance dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
- n. 2
Something that is perpetual.
Forms
- Plural
- perpetuities → permanences, continuities, constancies, persistences…
Example sentences
- permanence She doesn't have object permanence yet.
- eternity They are engaged, bound to each other for eternity.
- immortality Who still believes in the immortality of the soul?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| perpetuity | steady | |
| permanence | steady | |
| eternity | rising | |
| immortality | rising | |
| eternality | steady | |
| ceaselessness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- eternity4
- 9 letters
- constancy3
- 10 letters
- continuity5, permanence3, eternality
- 11 letters
- persistence3, immortality5, endlessness, eternalness, perpetuance
- 12 letters
- sempiternity, unendingness
- 13 letters
- ceaselessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eternity4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- perpétuité
- Italiano
- perpetuità