English Explanatory Dictionary

eon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Eternity, the duration of the universe.
  2. An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.
  3. A long period of time.
  4. A period of one billion (short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000) years; a gigayear.
  5. The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.
  6. A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
name
  1. The Greek National Organisation of Youth, similar to the Hitler Youth. It was formed before WWII and disbanded in 1941.

Pronunciation

/ˈi.ɑn/ /ˈeɪ.ɑn/ en-us-eon.ogg /ˈiː.ɔn/ /ˈeɪ.ɔn/ /ˈiː.ən/ en-au-eon.ogg

Word forms

eon eons aeon æon

Etymology

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).

Synonyms

aeon age ages blue moon coon's age crow's age dog's age donkey's years eld eon eternity forever forever and a day interim interlude interval lifetime long haul long run meantime minute month of Sundays spell while years yonks

Antonyms

jiffy moment never in a month of Sundays

Related words

time immemorial time out of mind until one is blue in the face until the cows come home yottasecond

Derived words

eonian eonic geon light eon

Translations

Czech: eon Dutch: eon French: éon Irish: aeón Norwegian: eon Portuguese: éon Serbo-Croatian: eon Spanish: eón
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