evermore

For all time

Evermore means forever or always, with a literary or archaic flavor: And they lived happily evermore.

It appears most often in the phrase for evermore or forevermore, emphasizing perpetuity.

The word sounds formal or poetic in modern usage, more likely in hymns and fairy tales than everyday speech.

eternity

perpetuity

Infinite continuation of time

infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
immortalityExemption from death
afterlifeExistence beyond mortality

timelessness · endlessness · permanence · always · hereafter · eternally · infinitude · sempiternity · everlastingness · perpetually

intensifier

increasingly

To a greater extent

greaterMore in degree
stillUnmoving, or continuing
yetStill, or eventually

more · further · always · constantly · progressively · continually · perpetually · onwards · henceforth · henceforward

literary

poetry

Metrical literary composition

sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
balladNarrative poem or song
PoeAmerican gothic writer's surname

Raven · verse · refrain · stanza · romantic · gothic · melancholy · lament · poetic · lyrical

Categories

compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
archaic adverbsanon, betimes, ere, erstwhile, forsooth
eternityeternity, eternal, timeless, perpetuity, endless

Opposites

temporal duration/permanence

evermorenever

At no point

nevermore · ne'er · temporarily · fleetingly · briefly

temporal direction

evermoreformerly

In the past

once · once upon a time · in the past · heretofore · back then

Phrases

for evermoreFor all future time

Family

forevermore, nevermore

Familiarity: Top 100,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G