never
At no time
Never is a negating word like no, not, and nor.
It is equivalent to not ever.
It is often required in negative statements about events in time, and may apply to all time, or only to all time before the present moment: Spike never barks at strangers. I’ve never visited the Prado museum.
In statements about the past never is often used with a perfect tense.
Impossible to acquire
- unachievableCannot be accomplished
- inconceivableBeyond mental grasp
- unthinkableToo terrible to contemplate
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
out of reach · hopeless · futile · no chance · not in a million years · when pigs fly · fat chance · snowball's chance
Opposite of yes
forbid · prohibit · veto · nope · absolutely not · certainly not · by no means · under no circumstances
Being without something
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- withoutLacking or absent
- devoidEntirely without
- voidWithout legal effect
none · nothing · zero · nil · empty · nonexistent · absent · nowhere
Failed to reach
- lostUnable to navigate
- squanderedCarelessly used up
- wastedUsed without good result
- bygoneOf earlier times
irretrievable · gone · past · too late · if only · should have · could have · ship sailed
For all time
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- alwaysAt all times
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
- evermoreFor all future time
everlasting · permanently · endlessly · indefinitely · terminally · conclusively · irrevocably · ultimately
unattainable
Impossible to acquire
- unachievableCannot be accomplished
- inconceivableBeyond mental grasp
- unthinkableToo terrible to contemplate
impossible · out of reach · hopeless · futile · no chance · not in a million years · when pigs fly · fat chance · snowball's chance · dream on
no
Opposite of yes
deny · forbid · prohibit · veto · nope · absolutely not · certainly not · by no means · under no circumstances · over my dead body
lacking
Being without something
void · none · nothing · zero · nil · empty · nonexistent · absent · nowhere · no one
missed
Failed to reach
- lostUnable to navigate
- squanderedCarelessly used up
- wastedUsed without good result
bygone · irretrievable · gone · past · too late · if only · should have · could have · ship sailed
forever
For all time
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- alwaysAt all times
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
evermore · everlasting · permanently · endlessly · indefinitely · terminally · conclusively · irrevocably · ultimately · absolutely
neveralways
At all times
constantly · perpetually · forever · continuously · eternally
neverever
At any time
always · at some point · sometime · someday · eventually
neveralways
At all times
definitely · certainly · absolutely · without fail · inevitably
- never mindRetraction of a statement
- now or neverFinal opportunity phrase
- better late than neverDelay preferable to omission
- never againPermanent refusal to repeat
- you never knowUncertainty about outcomes
- never give upMaintain effort indefinitely