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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

infinity

lifetime
Near Antonyms of eternity

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

microsecond, nanosecond

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