eternal
eternal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. Locke.
- 2.Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal. That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2 Tim. ii.
- 3.3. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant. And fires eternal in thy temple shine. Dryden.
- 4.Existing at all times without change; immutable. Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed. Dryden. What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times M. Arnold.
- 5.Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive. "Some eternal villain." The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome. See Everlasting.
- 6.One of the appellations of God. Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. Hooker.
- 7.That which is endless and immortal. Young.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abode
- abyss
- and
- apotheosis
- beatific
- below
- blessed
- bliss
- bottomless
- brimstone
- celestial
- creek
- damnation
- darkness
- deification
- elysian
- everlasting
- fallen
- fire
- from
- future
- garden
- gehenna
- glory
- god
- great
- habitation
- happy
- heaven
- heavenly
- hell
- hellish
- high
- home
- hue
- hunting
- infernal
- inferno
- inheritance
- joy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is eternal.
- What is to know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. Locke called?
- What is without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal. That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2 Tim. ii called?
- What is 3. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant. And fires eternal in thy temple shine. Dryden called?
- What is existing at all times without change; immutable. Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed. Dryden. What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times M. Arnold called?
- What is exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive. "Some eternal villain." The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome. See Everlasting called?
- What is one of the appellations of God. Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. Hooker called?
- What is that which is endless and immortal. Young called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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