adjective

everlasting

eh-vuh-LAHS-tihng

adjective

Lasting forever or for an extremely long time; without end.

"The monument was built as a symbol of everlasting friendship between the two nations."

"She spoke of God's everlasting love."

Going on so long or so often that it becomes tiresome.

"I'm tired of his everlasting complaints about the weather."

How to Use Everlasting

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishNever-ending — either genuinely eternal, or so constant it feels that way.

Common mistake

In everyday speech it usually just means "constant and annoying," not literally infinite — context tells you which.

Common pairings

everlasting life everlasting love everlasting nagging

more everlasting comparative, more everlasting comparative, most everlasting superlative, most everlasting superlative

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From Middle English ever-lasting, literally "always continuing" — from ever + lasting.

continual endless eternal immortal incessant infinite interminable never-ending unceasing permanent unintermitted uninterrupted

ephemeral finite mortal limited

absolute conditional drunk ephemeral continuous secular eternal widespread

casting tasting lasting fasting wasting pasting boasting coasting roasting feasting blasting toasting

continual endless eternal immortal incessant infinite interminable never-ending unceasing permanent unintermitted uninterrupted