forever

Meaning

Adv

1. (not-comparable) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
2. (colloquial, excessive, not-comparable) For a very long time, a seeming eternity.
3. (not-comparable) Constantly or frequently.

Noun

1. (colloquial, countable) An extremely long time.
2. (colloquial, poetic, uncountable) A mythical time in the future that will never come.

Adj

Permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.

Synonyms

eternally

always

for good

eternity

evermore

everlastingly

permanently

perpetually

ever

constantly

continuously

eternal

forevermore

incessantly

endlessly

everlasting

forever and ever

till doomsday

all the time

for life

in perpetuity

long

once and for all

perpetual

unendingly

without end

for all time

for ever

perpetuity

for always

forever and a day

for ever and ever

ad infinitum

invariably

indefinitely

permanent

at all times

on and on

continually

infinity

♾️

for eternity

once for all

perennial

until the end of time

all the year round

regular

sine die

still

abidingly

time

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Translations

für immer

per sempre

eternamente

ewig

pour toujours

para siempre

eternamente

eeuwig

éternellement

toujours

à jamais

immer

altijd

para sempre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: for ever

In summary

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.