Continuing indefinitely or for so long that no end is imagined.
Reach for it when describing love, memory, or significance intended to outlast a lifetime
The garden became an everlasting tribute to the neighbors who rebuilt it.
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playful
forever
Fits when an intimate or conversational promise is intended
Careful As an adjective it needs rephrasing, and literal permanence may be impossible.
warm
Fits when proven strength over time deserves measured praise
Careful Enduring allows an eventual end and does not make everlasting's absolute promise.
professional
permanent
Fits when a change is not temporary or reversible
Careful Permanent sounds administrative and lacks emotional continuity.
formal
eternal
Fits when literal or spiritual existence outside time is meant
Careful Eternal is grander and less natural for a durable but human-made object.
formal
perpetual
Fits when an activity or condition continues without interruption
Careful Perpetual can sound weary or negative, as with a perpetual dispute.
literary
undying
Fits when devotion or memory remains emotionally alive
Careful Undying is melodramatic for ordinary loyalty and rarely fits practical things.
everlasting love
Their letters speak of everlasting love without pretending life was easy.
everlasting memory
The recording preserves an everlasting memory of the reunion song.
everlasting legacy
Free access may become the library's everlasting legacy.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Neskaya, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated
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