everlasting

[ev-er-las-ting, -lah-sting]

adjective

1. lasting forever; eternal.

   everlasting future life.

   Antonyms: transitory

2. lasting or continuing for an indefinitely long time.

   the everlasting hills.

3. incessant; constantly recurring.

   He is plagued by everlasting attacks of influenza.

4. wearisome; tedious.

   She tired of his everlasting puns.

noun

1. eternal duration; eternity.

   What is the span of one life compared with the everlasting?

2. the Everlasting, God.

3. any of various plants that retain their shape or color when dried, as certain composite plants of the genera Helichrysum, Gnaphalium, and Helipterum.

everlasting

/ ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ /

adjective

1. never coming to an end; eternal

2. lasting for an indefinitely long period

3. lasting so long or occurring so often as to become tedious; incessant

   I cannot bear her everlasting complaints

noun

1. endless duration; eternity

2. Also called: everlasting flower. another name for immortelle See also cat's-foot

Other Word Forms

• everlastingly adverb
• everlastingness noun
• quasi-everlasting adjective
• quasi-everlastingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of everlasting¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; ever, lasting

Synonym Study

See eternal.

Example Sentences

Hit-Boy intentionally keeps his son around him and his work to create an everlasting bond and example he never quite had.

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He had earlier suggested "everlasting peace" had been grasped under his tutelage, in a region long convulsed by violence.

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On social media, he employed his usual hyperbole, calling it a "historic and unprecedented event" and the "first steps toward a strong, durable and everlasting peace".

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Moments like this emphasise the power of music to forge everlasting connection.

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Of all of Redford’s achievements, the institute and the festival are the most wide-ranging and everlasting, two shining, defiant examples of how quickly goodness multiplies.

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Related Words

• abiding 
• eternal 
• immortal 
• lasting 
• perpetual 
• timeless 
• unending