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eternity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of eternity

1 endless time

the question whether the universe will end someday or continue to exist in eternity

Synonyms of eternity

everlasting, foreverness, infinity, perpetuity

Words Related to eternity

boundlessness, endlessness, interminableness, limitlessness, permanence, permanency, timelessness

Near Antonyms of eternity

ephemerality, impermanence, temporariness, transience, transitoriness

2 unending existence after death

a firm belief in the eternity of the soul

Synonyms of eternity

afterlife, beyond, hereafter, immortality

Words Related to eternity

afterworld, otherworld

3 a long or seemingly long period of time

we waited in line for tickets for an eternity

Synonyms of eternity

aeon (or eon), age, blue moon, coon's age, cycle, donkey's years [chiefly British], forever, long, months, moon

Words Related to eternity

Near Antonyms of eternity

flash, instant, jiffy, minute, moment, second, shake, split second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink

microsecond, nanosecond

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