SuaviloquyToday’s word

enduring

Enduring, a.

Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition. "A better and enduring substance." Heb. x. 34. -- En*dur"ing*ly, adv. T. Arnold. -- En*dur"ing*ness, n.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for enduring; he lists it under permanent.

Where he writes about it:

Enduring is a higher word, applied to that which resists both time and change; as, enduring fame. — from permanent

Synonyms

permanentabidingchangelessconstantdurablefixedimmutableinvariablelastingperpetualpersistentstablesteadfastunchangeableunchanging

Antonyms

transient

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