Eternity
Time without end
Eternity is time without end—infinite duration extending forward, backward, or both.
Religious contexts promise or threaten an eternity after death: eternal life, eternal damnation.
More loosely, eternity describes any period that feels interminable: We waited an eternity for the results.
The phrase for eternity emphasizes permanence: Their names will be remembered for eternity.
For all time
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
- timelessnessFreedom from temporal decay
- everlastingLasting for all time
endless · permanence · immortality · eons · ages · sempiternity · endlessness · boundlessness
Existence beyond mortality
- heavenSky or bliss
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- soulInnermost animating essence
divine · hereafter · kingdom · immortal soul · blessed · resurrection · everlasting life · God
Having no bounds
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- beingExisting as something
- existenceState of being real
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
Plato · unchanging · immutable · essence · Nietzsche · permanence · cosmic · ontology
Devotion without temporal limit
- undyingLasting without end
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- vowsSolemn binding promises
soulmate · always · promise · bond · wedding · ring · till death · pledge
forever
For all time
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
- timelessnessFreedom from temporal decay
everlasting · endless · permanence · immortality · eons · ages · sempiternity · endlessness · boundlessness · unending
afterlife
Existence beyond mortality
soul · divine · hereafter · kingdom · immortal soul · blessed · resurrection · everlasting life · God · transcendence
infinite
Having no bounds
metaphysics · Plato · unchanging · immutable · essence · Nietzsche · permanence · cosmic · ontology · transcendent
forever love
Devotion without temporal limit
- undyingLasting without end
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
vows · soulmate · always · promise · bond · wedding · ring · till death · pledge · faithful
infinity symbol
Glyph for endlessness
phoenix · ankh · serpent · mandala · endless knot · tree of life · sun · moon · diamond · gold
- AsimovI Robot, psychohistory, positronic brain, Gaia, Bicentennial Man
- fragrancesperfume, cologne, aftershave, essential oils, floral
- fashion brandsChanel, Gucci, Prada, Dior, Versace
- digital performersvirtual concerts
Eternityinstant
Briefest unit of time
moment · second · flash · millisecond · nanosecond
Eternitytransience
Brevity of existence
impermanence · temporality · ephemerality · fleetingness · brevity
Eternitymortality
State of eventual death
the here and now · mortal coil · nothingness · oblivion · void
- eternity ringGem-encircled promise band
- from here to eternityInfinite temporal duration
- eternity bandRing set completely around