eternities

Time without end

Eternities is the plural of eternity—infinite or unending time.

In practical use, eternities almost always appears hyperbolically to describe periods that feel interminably long: We waited for eternities in that line, It seemed like eternities before she responded.

The plural intensifies the exaggeration, suggesting not just one endless stretch but multiple.

temporal

eons

Immense spans of time

millennia · aeons · perpetuity · timelessness · endlessness · everlasting · immemorial · sempiternity · permanence · unending

spiritual

afterlife

Existence beyond mortality

salvation · transcendence · nirvana · divine · hereafter · blessed · celestial · moksha · enlightenment · soul

philosophical

infinity

Unlimited extent or quantity

cosmos · being · void · nothingness · cyclical · recurrence · determinism · fate · predestination · continuum

subjective

waiting

Remaining in expectation

dragging · crawling · interminable · slowness · impatience · monotony · suspended · torture · agony · limbo

romantic

devotion

Deep, loyal commitment

undying · love · together · soulmates · bond · pledge · faithful · cherish · adoration · beloved

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temporal duration

eternitiesinstants

Infinitesimal time spans

moments · seconds · split seconds · flashes · nanoseconds

subjective temporal experience

eternitiesflashes

Brief intense light bursts

blips · ephemera · whiles

Family

eternal, eternity, eternally, eternalize, eternality, eternalizing, eternalized

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G