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| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue; be durable |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be left, be long lived, be timeless, bide, carry on, carry through, cling, exist, go on, hang on, have no end, hold, hold on, hold out, keep on, last, linger, live, live on, never say die, outlast, outlive, perdure, persist, prevail, remain, ride out, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick to, superannuate, survive, sustain, wear, wear on, wear well |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Antonyms: | discontinue |
| 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, persisting, steadfast, steady |
| Antonyms: | ephemeral, fleeting, transient |
| Main Entry: | all-time |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsurpassed and permanent |
| Synonyms: | best, champion, enduring, everlasting, perpetual |
| Main Entry: | almighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | godlike |
| Synonyms: | all-knowing, all-seeing, boundless, celestial, deathless, deific, divine, enduring, eternal, everlasting, godly, heavenly, illimitable, immortal, infinite, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, pervading |
| Antonyms: | lay, lowly |
| Main Entry: | chronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incessant, never-ending |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, ever-present, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, lingering, long-lived, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, persisting, prolonged, protracted, recurrent, recurring, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unabating, unmitigated, unyielding, usual |
| Notes: | acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments |
| Antonyms: | curable, eradicable, intermittent, occasional, temporary |
| Main Entry: | constant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | neverending |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, chronic, continual, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, incessant, interminable, lasting, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, persisting, relentless, sustained, unending, uninterrupted, unrelenting, unremitting |
| Antonyms: | concluding, ending, interrupted, stopping, terminable, terminating |
| Main Entry: | continual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, incessant |
| Synonyms: | aeonian, around-the-clock, ceaseless, connected, consecutive, continuous, dateless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, frequent, interminable, oft-repeated, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, recurrent, regular, relentless, repeated, repetitive, running, staying, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfailing, unflagging, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying, unwaning |
| Notes: | continually means 'repeatedly, with breaks in between' and continuously means 'without interruption, in an unbroken stream'; continual typically refers to time while continuous can refer to space as well as time |
| Antonyms: | broken, ceasing, checked, halting, inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary |
| Main Entry: | continuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition; maintenance |
| Synonyms: | assiduity, augmenting, continuance, continuing, continuity, duration, endurance, enduring, extension, furtherance, going on, increase, increasing, line, maintaining, perpetuating, perpetuation, persisting, postscript, preservation, preserving, producing, production, prolongation, prolonging, propagation, protracting, protraction, sequel, succession, supplement, sustaining, sustenance, tenacity |
| Antonyms: | cessation, end, finish, halt, stop, termination |
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