Entry Word: eternity

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 endless time <the question whether the universe will end someday or continue to exist in eternity>

Synonyms infinity, perpetuity

Related Words boundlessness, endlessness, interminableness, permanence, timelessness

2 unending existence after death <a firm belief in the eternity of the soul>

Synonyms afterlife, hereafter, immortality

Related Words otherworld

Phrases life after death

3 a long or seemingly long period of time <we waited in line for tickets for an eternity> — see age 2