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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

enduring or continuing for a long period of time;

e.g. Despite our politics, we can all continue to pray for lasting peace in our particular worlds.

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Similar Words

Abiding

Ageless

Continuing

Dateless

Durable

Enduring

Eternal

Everlasting

Immortal

Imperishable

Indefeasible

Indissoluble

Inexpungible

Interminable

Leftover

Long-range

Ongoing

Perennial

Perpetual

Remaining

Residual

Time-honored

Time-tested

Timeless

Unbreakable

Undying

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Opposite Words

Antiquated

Archaic

Brief

Capricious

Changeable

Changeful

Closing

Cobwebby

Contingent

Crashing

Dated

Deciduous

Dicey

Dying

Ending

Ephemeral

Evanescent

Failing

Fickle

Filmy

Flash

Fleeting

Flimsy

Fluctuating

Fluid

Frothy

Fugacious

Fugitive

Gauzy

Gossamer

Impermanent

Inconsistent

Inconstant

Insubstantial

Interim

Makeshift

Mercurial

Momentary

Mutable

Obsolete

Out-of-date

Outdated

Outmoded

Outworn

Passing

Provisional

Provisory

Shilly-shally

Short-term

Skittish

Sleazy

Substitute

Temperamental

Temporary

Transient

Transitory

Uncertain

Undependable

Unpredictable

Unreliable

Unsettled

Unstable

Unsteady

Unsubstantial

Variable

Volatile

Volatility

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Related Words

Abiding

Age-old

Aged

Ancient

Antediluvian

Antique

Beginning

Being

Breathing

Cast-iron

Ceaseless

Changeless

Constant

Continual

Continued

Continuing

Continuous

Continuously

Coping

Dateless

Deathless

Doing

Endless

Enduring

Eternal

Everlasting

Going

Hard

Hard-bitten

Hardy

Hoary

Immemorial

Immortal

Imperishable

Incessant

Indestructible

Inextinguishable

Living

Nonstop

Old

Oneself

Permanent

Perpetual

Remaining

Rugged

Running

Springing

Stable

Stationary

Steady

Stout

Strong

Sturdy

Tough

Unbroken

Unceasing

Unchanging

Undying

Unending

Uninterrupted

Unremitting

Unvarying

Venerable

Vigorous

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Phrases

• last long / long-lasting

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