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

But his contribution to the development and dissemination of zydeco has not been comprehensively recognized outside of the folklorists, musicologists and dancers who have always had an abiding appreciation of Chenier as ancestor, artist and ambassador. —Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025

Our sole abiding interest is delivering low-cost energy to our customers as quickly as possible. —John Ketchum, Fortune, 24 June 2025

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

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