everlasting
lasting forever; eternal: everlasting future life.
lasting or continuing for an indefinitely long time: the everlasting hills.
incessant; constantly recurring: He is plagued by everlasting attacks of influenza.
wearisome; tedious: She tired of his everlasting puns.
eternal duration; eternity: What is the span of one life compared with the everlasting?
the Everlasting, God.
any of various plants that retain their shape or color when dried, as certain composite plants of the genera Helichrysum, Gnaphalium, and Helipterum.
Origin of everlasting
1synonym study For everlasting
Opposites for everlasting
Other words from everlasting
- ev·er·last·ing·ly, adverb
- ev·er·last·ing·ness, noun
- qua·si-ev·er·last·ing, adjective
- qua·si-ev·er·last·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use everlasting in a sentence
It was all in great good-humour, but a set of more everlasting talkers and disputants I have seldom met with.
Letters from Palestine | J. D. PaxtonThe eternal feminine is not more everlasting than the Eternal City.
Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern | Edgar Saltus
British Dictionary definitions for everlasting
/ (ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ) /
never coming to an end; eternal
lasting for an indefinitely long period
lasting so long or occurring so often as to become tedious; incessant: I cannot bear her everlasting complaints
endless duration; eternity
Also called: everlasting flower another name for immortelle See also cat's-foot
Derived forms of everlasting
- everlastingly, adverb
- everlastingness, noun
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