adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to an eon
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eonian
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US: /iˈoʊniən/
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UK: /iːˈəʊnɪən/
adj
Meaning 2
eon-long, everlasting
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aeonian
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
continuing forever or indefinitely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the ageless themes of love and revenge
- eternal truths
- life everlasting
- hell's perpetual fires
- the unending bliss of heaven
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ageless, aeonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αἰώνιος (aiṓnios, “lasting for an age; perpetual; eternal”) + -an, the former from αἰών (aiṓn, “lifetime; aeon; age; generation”) (whence also eon, aeon) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).