Words That Mean Lasting and Permanent
The other half of the pair — what endures, and what refuses to stop.
10 words
- Chronicadjective
being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
- Immutableadjective
not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
- Incessantadjective
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- Indelibleadjective
cannot be removed or erased
- Interminableadjective
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
- Inveterateadjective
habitual
- Perennialadjective
lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal
- Relentlessadjective
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- Tenaciousadjective
stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - T.S.Eliot
- Unremittingadjective
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Study these against
A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside lasting and permanent.