eternal
Plural: eternals
Adjective Satellite
- continuing forever or indefinitely
- "eternal truths"
- tiresomely long; seemingly without end
- "the wait seemed eternal"
- "eternal quarreling"
Adj
- Lasting forever; unending.
- Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly.
- Constant; perpetual; ceaseless; ever-present.
- Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
Noun
- Something that lasts forever, without beginning or end.
- One who lives forever; an immortal.
Examples
- some eternal villain
- The feeling of a perfectly played bingo felt ETERNAL, a moment of pure Scrabble joy.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe.
Synonyms
aeonian, ageless, endless, eonian, everlasting, interminable, perpetual, unceasing, unending, achronic, ageful, agelong, amaranthine, atemporal, awful, enduring, eternal, eterne, everduring, evergreen, eviternal, extratemporal, forever, imperishable, indesinent, lasting, neverending, perennial, permanent, perpetuate, persistent, sempiternal, timeless, undeadly, undying
Antonyms
ephemeral, eternal, fleeting, impermanent, lasting, momentary, mortal, perennial, persistent, temporary, transient, unperpetual, unperpetuated
Scrabble Score: 7
eternal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordeternal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eternal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary