1
[ adjective ] continuing forever or indefinitely

Examples

"the ageless themes of love and revenge" "eternal truths" "life everlasting" "hell's perpetual fires" "the unending bliss of heaven"

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

Ann_Catt was a lonely , devoted soul , never married , conducting a spotless home and devoted to her church , but a perpetual dissenter and born critic .

Related terms

permanent

2
[ adjective ] uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

Examples

"the ceaseless thunder of surf" "in constant pain" "the incessant noise of the city" "the never-ending search for happiness" "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"

Related terms

continuous

3
[ adjective ] occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted

Synonyms

incessant endless

Examples

"a child's incessant questions" "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"

Related terms

continual

*