English adjective: everlasting | |||
1. | everlasting continuing forever or indefinitely | ||
Samples | The ageless themes of love and revenge. Eternal truths. Life everlasting. Hell's perpetual fires. The unending bliss of heaven. | ||
Synonyms | aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, perpetual, unceasing, unending | ||
Similar | lasting, permanent | ||
Antonyms | impermanent, temporary | ||
2. | everlasting without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | ||
Samples | An arrant fool. A complete coward. A consummate fool. A double-dyed villain. Gross negligence. A perfect idiot. Pure folly. What a sodding mess. Stark staring mad. A thoroughgoing villain. Utter nonsense. The unadulterated truth. | ||
Synonyms | arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter | ||
Similar | unmitigated | ||
Antonyms | mitigated | ||
English noun: everlasting | |||
1. | everlasting (plant) any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color | ||
Synonyms | everlasting flower | ||
Broader (hypernym) | composite, composite plant | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Acroclinium roseum, Anaphalis margaritacea, cascade everlasting, cottonweed, cudweed, golden everlasting, Helichrysum bracteatum, Helichrysum secundiflorum, Helipterum manglesii, immortelle, Ozothamnus secundiflorus, pearly everlasting, pink paper daisy, pink-and-white everlasting, rhodanthe, Rhodanthe manglesii, strawflower, strawflower, Swan River everlasting, Xeranthemum annuum, yellow paper daisy | ||
Member meronym | aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae | ||