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| Main Entry: | enduring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lasting |
| Synonyms: | abiding, permanent, surviving |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bear hardship |
| Synonyms: | abide, accustom, allow, brave, brook, countenance, eat, encounter, experience, face, feel, go through, keep up, know, permit, stand, stick, stomach*, subject to, suffer, support, sustain, swallow*, take, take it*, tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand, be patient with, bear the brunt, cope with, grin and bear it, hang in, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, put up with, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out*, sit through, stick it out, submit to, take patiently |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue; be durable |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, bide, carry on, cling, exist, go on, hang on*, hold, hold out, last, linger, live, outlast, outlive, persist, prevail, remain, stand, stay, survive, sustain, wear, be left, be long lived, be timeless, carry through, have no end, hold on, keep on, live on, never say die, perdure, ride out*, run on, stay on, stick to, superannuate, wear on, wear well |
| Antonyms: | discontinue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abiding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continuing or existing for an indefinite time |
| Synonyms: | constant, continuing, enduring, eternal, everlasting, fast, indissoluble, lasting, permanent, perpetual, persistent, steadfast, steady, persisting |
| Antonyms: | ephemeral, fleeting, transient |
| Main Entry: | all-time |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsurpassed and permanent |
| Synonyms: | best, champion, enduring, everlasting, perpetual |
| Main Entry: | chronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incessant, never-ending |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, prolonged, recurrent, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unmitigated, unyielding, usual, ever-present, ineradicable, lingering, long-lived, persisting, protracted, recurring, unabating |
| Antonyms: | curable, intermittent, occasional, temporary, eradicable |
| Main Entry: | continual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, incessant |
| Synonyms: | ceaseless, connected, consecutive, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, frequent, interminable, permanent, perpetual, persistent, recurrent, regular, relentless, repeated, repetitive, running, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfailing, unflagging, uninterrupted, unvarying, aeonian, around-the-clock, dateless, oft-repeated, persisting, staying, unremitting, unwaning |
| Antonyms: | broken, halting, inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary, ceasing, checked |
| Main Entry: | continuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition; maintenance |
| Synonyms: | continuance, continuing, continuity, duration, endurance, enduring, extension, furtherance, increase, increasing, line, postscript, preservation, producing, production, propagation, sequel, succession, supplement, sustenance, tenacity, assiduity, augmenting, going on, maintaining, perpetuating, perpetuation, persisting, preserving, prolongation, prolonging, protracting, protraction, sustaining |
| Antonyms: | cessation, end, finish, halt, stop, termination |
| Main Entry: | durable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sturdy, long-lasting |
| Synonyms: | abiding, constant, dependable, enduring, fast, firm, fixed, impervious, lasting, permanent, persistent, reliable, resistant, sound, stable, stout, strong, substantial, tenacious, tough, diuturnal, long-continued, perdurable, perduring |
| Antonyms: | fragile, impermanent, temporary, undependable, weak, poorly made, unsturdy |
| Main Entry: | endless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not stopping, not finishing |
| Synonyms: | boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, countless, deathless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, immortal, incalculable, incessant, indeterminate, infinite, interminable, limitless, monotonous, multitudinous, never-ending, numberless, perpetual, unbroken, undivided, undying, unending, unfathomable, uninterrupted, unlimited, untold, amaranthine, illimitable, measureless, no end of, no end to, overlong, self-perpetuating, unbounded, unsurpassable, without end |
| Antonyms: | bounded, ending, limited, passing, stopping, completing, finishing, terminable |
| Main Entry: | eternal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without pause; endless |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ageless, always, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, deathless, enduring, everlasting, forever, immemorial, immortal, immutable, imperishable, incessant, indefinite, indestructible, infinite, interminable, lasting, never-ending, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, relentless, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, undying, unending, uninterrupted, amaranthine, continued, dateless, illimitable, perdurable, termless, unfading, unremitting, without end |
| Antonyms: | brief, changeable, changing, ending, ephemeral, stopping, temporary, transient, terminable |
| Main Entry: | hardy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, tough |
| Synonyms: | able, able-bodied, brawny, burly, capable, enduring, firm, fit, fresh, hale, hardened, healthy, hearty, hefty, indefatigable, lusty, mighty, muscular, powerful, resistant, robust, rugged, seasoned, solid, sound, stalwart, staunch, stout, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, unflagging, vigorous, well, acclimatized, in fine fettle, in good condition, in good shape, inured, physically fit |
| Antonyms: | feeble, infirm, invalid, sick, tender, unhealthy, weak |
| Main Entry: | immutable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unchangeable |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ageless, changeless, constant, enduring, fixed, immovable, inflexible, invariable, permanent, perpetual, sacrosanct, stable, steadfast, unalterable, unmodifiable |
| Antonyms: | changeable, flexible, mutable, variable, alterable |
| Main Entry: | indelible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not able to be erased, indestructible |
| Synonyms: | enduring, ingrained, lasting, memorable, permanent, stirring, unforgettable, ineffaceable, ineradicable, inerasable, inexpungible, inextirpable, rememberable |
| Antonyms: | impermanent, delible, destructible, erasable |
| Main Entry: | indestructible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lasting, unable to be destroyed |
| Synonyms: | abiding, deathless, durable, enduring, everlasting, immortal, immutable, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indissoluble, permanent, perpetual, unalterable, unbreakable, unchangeable, undying, inexterminable, inextinguishable, inextirpable, irrefragable, irrefrangible, nonperishable, undestroyable, unfading |
| Antonyms: | breakable, perishable, destructible |
| Main Entry: | infinite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limitless, without end |
| Synonyms: | absolute, bottomless, boundless, enduring, enormous, eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, immense, incalculable, incessant, inestimable, inexhaustible, interminable, never-ending, numberless, perpetual, stupendous, supreme, total, uncounted, unending, untold, vast, wide, all-embracing, illimitable, measureless, million, no end of, no end to, perdurable, sempiternal, supertemporal, unbounded, without limit, without number |
| Antonyms: | bounded, calculable, confined, definite, ephemeral, finite, fleeting, limited, measurable, countable |
| Main Entry: | inveterate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long-standing, established |
| Synonyms: | abiding, accustomed, addicted, chronic, confirmed, continuing, customary, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool*, enduring, entrenched, fixed, habitual, hard-core*, hardened, inbred, incorrigible, incurable, ingrained, innate, lifelong, long-lasting, obstinate, old, perennial, permanent, persistent, set, settled, stubborn, sworn, usual, habituated, indurated, ineradicable, long-lived, persisting |
| Antonyms: | short-lived |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ironclad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, rigid |
| Synonyms: | abiding, certain, changeless, confirmed, definite, enduring, firm, in the bag*, inflexible, planned, settled, stated, stubborn, sure, unalterable, uncompromising, unwavering, agreed, arranged, determinate, prearranged |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lifelong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lasting |
| Synonyms: | constant, continuing, deep-rooted, enduring, inveterate, lifetime, long-lasting, long-standing, old, perennial, permanent, persistent, for life, livelong, long-lived |
| Antonyms: | short-lived, temporary, tenuous |
| Main Entry: | long-standing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing for some time |
| Synonyms: | abiding, durable, enduring, established, fixed, lasting, long-lasting, traditional, long-established, long-lived |
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