English Explanatory Dictionary

forever

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
  2. For a very long time, a seeming eternity.
  3. Constantly or frequently.
noun
  1. An extremely long time.
  2. A mythical time in the future that will never come.
adj
  1. Permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.
noun
  1. Alternative form of forever.

Pronunciation

/fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/ /fəˈɹɛvɚ/ /fɚˈɛvɚ/ /fɔɹˈɛvɚ/ en-us-forever.ogg

Word forms

forever for ever fore'er for e'er forevers

Etymology

Univerbation of for ever, from Middle English for ever, for evere. By surface analysis, for + ever. First attested in the late 14c., and first attested in the late 17c. as one word. Noun first attested in 1858.

Synonyms

5ever ad infinitum all the time always aye continually endlessly eternally ever ever after evermore fivever for good forever forevermore for evermore for ever and ever for ever more incessantly in perpetuity in saecula saeculorum interminably lastingly never-endingly permanently perpetually sempiternally unendingly until hell freezes over until Kingdom come in aeternum

Antonyms

moment never nevermore

Related words

ever everlasting evermore every everyday never nevermore whatever whenever whoever continuously endlessness eternal eternity

Derived words

best friend forever diamonds are forever fivever forever after forever alone forever and a day forever and ay forever and ever forever and forever forever chemical forever home foreverhood forever house Forever Knightie foreverness forever stamp liveforever live-for-ever live-forever speak now or forever hold your peace forever war
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