abiding

adjective

abid·​ing ə-ˈbī-diŋ 

: continuing for a long time : enduring

an abiding interest in nature

abidingly adverb

Synonyms

• ageless
• continuing
• dateless
• enduring
• eternal
• everlasting
• immortal
• imperishable
• lasting
• ongoing
• perennial
• perpetual
• timeless
• undying

Examples of abiding in a Sentence

I have an abiding interest in animal welfare—it's not just a phase I'm going through.

Recent Examples on the Web

By anointing himself chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Napoleon-style, Donald Trump revealed a longing to seize one of America’s most romantic and abiding myths: Camelot. —Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025

Already frazzled by a couple days in other fire zones, my head was clouded with doubt and, yet, an abiding belief that the old house might have another life. —James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025

The cousins’ complementary natures may have bonded them in their youth, and a genuine and abiding love clearly remains. —Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024

The beautiful thing about the full-circle moments experienced by these sports stars is what’s at the center of them – pure and abiding love. —Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English abydynge, from present participle of abiden "to abide"

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing abiding

• law-abiding

Rhymes for abiding

• backsliding
• colliding
• confiding
• deciding
• deriding
• dividing
• nitriding
• presiding
• providing
• residing
• subsiding
• biding