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foreverness

foreverness

8.3
A state of seeming to last or really lasting without an end
  • noun
  • /fərˈɛvərnəs/
translation icon : eternidad
  • The beauty of the sunset gave me a sense of foreverness, as if time had stopped completely.

Examples

  • The ancient trees in the forest seem to embody foreverness, standing tall through the ages.

  • Every human that ever lived or lives is a sinner, and that is the reason they are here, locked in this cycle of foreverness.

    Blog text (28)
  • A waterfall teases my breath into exhalation, exhilaration, the foreverness of blue.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Her love for him felt like a foreverness that would never fade, no matter the challenges they faced.

Synonyms

infinity
vsforeverness
94 5.7

A time that never ends

is the quality of continuing rather than the abstract idea of limitlessness
eternity
vsforeverness
  • Informal
63 4.7

A time that feels very long when you are waiting

is the stated quality of continuing rather than a felt long period
perpetuity
vsforeverness
19 9.6

A situation that lasts forever

is about seeming continuation rather than stating indefinite continuation
endlessness
vsforeverness
1 6.0

A state of having no end or limit

is about continuing as a quality rather than focusing on limits
timelessness
vsforeverness
  • Literature
1 7.5

A state of not being limited by time, for example in the afterlife

is about continuing through time rather than existing outside time
everlastingness
vsforeverness
9.9

A state of lasting forever

is about seeming to continue rather than stating actual duration
eternality
vsforeverness
8.4

Lasting forever without a beginning or end

is expressed as a seeming continuation rather than a stated permanent quality
sempiternity
vsforeverness
  • Literature
9.9

A time that never ends

is framed as a quality that may only seem to continue
alway
vsforeverness
  • Archaic
9.9

An old word for a time that never ends

is the general noun used for the same unending quality
timeless existence
vsforeverness
  • Literature
9.3

A state with no beginning or end, like life after death

emphasizes continuing or seeming to continue rather than lacking a beginning

Antonyms

2 8.1

A short time before something changes or ends

A situation that lasts only for a short time

How Lasting

eternity
224 5.8
foreverness
8.3
permanence
15 5.5
duration
104 2.8
transience
2 8.1

Surface Forms

foreverness singular
forevernesses plural

Morphology

foreverness = forever (transparent) = forever + ness

Standard noun formation from the adverb 'forever' with '-ness' yields a noun denoting the quality or state of lasting forever.

Etymology

Foreverness comes from forever ('for all time') plus the ending -ness ('state' or 'quality'), like in happiness. So, foreverness means the 'state' of lasting forever.