PERPETUALLY Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

perpetually

adverb

pər-ˈpe-chə-wə-lē

Definition of perpetually

as in forever

for all time a group of jaded teenagers with their perpetually bored expressions

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Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in constantly

on every relevant occasion the perpetually smiling host of the morning talk show

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Recent Examples of perpetually But perpetually hunting in the same locale can dull the shimmer. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, nicknamed Tiririca by his mother for looking perpetually angry as a child, served four consecutive terms. — Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Contrast this dynamic with private technology companies, which are perpetually at war for their survival. — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026 The purpose is solely education, along with recruiting new watchmakers for an industry that is perpetually short on skilled craftspeople. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for perpetually

Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetually

Adverb

Memory costs are outside management's control and won't remain this high forever, so our focus is on how Apple is navigating the issue.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Its future–and that of big-time college athletics–could be forever altered by the results of Tuesday’s elections.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of forever

Adverb

Heather Knight, a native of Northern California, has always casually cheered on the San Francisco Giants and the Golden State Warriors.

— Lauren Segal, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Pre-Columbian ruins are always near, reachable by boat, trek, and car, on excursions organized by the hotel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of always

Adverb

Volunteers also reported that Basabe continually directed the speaker toward them even after Miami Beach code compliance officers told him that its volume exceeded the city’s noise limit.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Living organisms continually release gases such as oxygen and methane into the atmosphere.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of continually

Adverb

Through the partnership, ForgiveCo will acquire and permanently eliminate $1 million in medical debt held by local veterans.

— Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
In many ways, this was the end of Dylan’s own rock’n’roll era, the start of his slide into Christian rock and dangly earrings and folk covers and a consensus that his vital work was now permanently behind him.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of permanently

Adverb

Politics is cyclical, and swing voters have proved consistently in recent years that their loyalties tend in no particular direction.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
Conflict in the Middle East has pushed oil prices consistently above $100 a barrel in recent months, and hopes have faded that a deal could lead to a reopening of the key Strait of Hormuz.

— Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of consistently

Adverb

Inoue did an initial pass of the sound effect for the beam that allows Ghidorah to throw whole houses up in the air high enough for our favorite eternally tormented, former Kamikaze pilot Kôichi Skikishima (Ryûnosuke Kamiki) to fly past them.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026
Read on for the real reason behind it as well as how to prevent it for eternally fresh pillows.

— Barbara Zito, Martha Stewart, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of eternally

Adverb

Presidents almost invariably lose congressional seats at the midpoint of their term, especially during their second stretch in office.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
The homes where poor people lived have invariably vanished, whether in Paris or in the provinces, whereas bourgeois homes are still standing.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of invariably

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