Synonyms for eternal
ɪˈtɜr nleter·nal

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1. eternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   sempiternal, ephemeral

2. eternaladjective

   Lasting forever; unending.

   Synonyms:
   endless, everlasting, sempiternal, permanent

   Antonyms:
   sempiternal, ephemeral

3. eternaladjective

   existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly

   Synonyms:
   atemporal, timeless

   Antonyms:
   ephemeral, sempiternal

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1. eternal

   Eternal strictly signifies without beginning or end, in which sense it applies to God alone; everlasting applies to that which may or may not have beginning, but will never cease; eternal is also used in this more limited sense; endless, without end, in its utmost reach, is not distinguishable from everlasting; but endless is constantly used in inferior senses, especially in mechanics, as in the phrases an endless screw, an endless chain. 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. Eternal holds quite strictly to the vast and sacred meaning in which it is applied to the Divine Being and the future state. Everlasting, endless, and eternal may be applied to that which has no life; as, everlasting chains, endless night, eternal death; immortal applies to that which now has life, and is forever exempt from death. Timeless carries, perhaps, the fullest idea of eternal, as above and beyond time, and not to be measured by it.

   Synonyms:
   deathless, endless, eonian, ever-living, everlasting, fadeless, immortal, imperishable, interminable, never-ending, never-failing, perennial, perpetual, timeless, unceasing, undying, unending, unfading, unfailing, without end

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1. eternal

   Synonyms:
   infinite, endless, everlasting, deathless, imperishable, never-dying, ceaseless, everliving, perpetual, undying, unceasing

   Antonyms:
   ephemeral, transient, temporal, fleeting, evanescent, sublunary

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1. ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasingadjective

   continuing forever or indefinitely

   "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

   Synonyms:
   everlasting, eonian, sodding(a), utter(a), thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), interminable, complete(a), ageless, unceasing, staring(a), unremitting, gross(a), incessant, unending, arrant(a), stark(a), ceaseless, consummate(a), pure(a), everlasting(a), unadulterated, constant, perpetual, aeonian, perfect(a), never-ending, endless

   Antonyms:
   short, temporary, impermanent

2. endless, eternal, interminableadjective

   tiresomely long; seemingly without end

   "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"

   Synonyms:
   everlasting, eonian, perpetual, interminable, sempiternal, aeonian, dateless, unceasing, ageless, endless, unending

   Antonyms:
   short, temporary, impermanent

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1. aeonion

   an unending wish or desire

   charles had an aeonion desire to be an astronaut.

   Submitted by rinat on January 19, 2016  

2. unperishableadjective

   if something is already in existence, it is known and given a word value. if it cannot be destroyed, it is eternally recognized.

   the spirit realm was made unperishable.

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. eternaladjective

   Synonyms:
   endless, everlasting, interminable, ever-during, perpetual, ceaseless, unceasing, perennial

2. eternaladjective

   Synonyms:
   imperishable, undying, never-dying, immortal

3. eternaladjective

   Synonyms:
   immutable, unchangeable

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1. eternaladjective

   Synonyms:
   self-existent, infinite, endless, asonian, everlasting

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1. List of paraphrases for "eternal":

   everlasting, timeless, undying, perpetual, perennial, endless, never-ending, unending, forever, immortal, incorruptible, permanent

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1. List of known nicknames for "Eternal":

   James, Mark, Mark James

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How to use eternal in a sentence?

1. Richard A. Dumas:

   The search for truth is eternal and artists some of its most ardent seekers.

2. L.F. Magister:

   We´re eternal lonely in search for shelter in the life of another, cause we know that even the death we are alone.

3. Dante Alighieri:

   Through me you pass into the city of woeThrough me you pass into eternal painThrough me among the people lost for aye.Justice the founder of my fabric movedTo rear me was the task of power divine,Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.Before me things create were none, save thingsEternal, and eternal I shall endure.All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

4. Martin Luther:

   Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

5. H Hahn Blavatsky:

   Live neither in the present nor the future, but in the eternal. The giant weed (of evil) cannot flower there this blot upon existence is wiped out by the very atmosphere of eternal thought.