Synonyms for permanent
ˈpɜr mə nəntper·ma·nent

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1. permanentnoun

   Antonyms:
   impermanent, temporary

2. permanentnoun

   Without end, eternal.

   Nothing in this world is truly permanent.

   Antonyms:
   temporary, impermanent

3. permanentadjective

   Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

   The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.

   Antonyms:
   temporary, impermanent

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1. permanent

   Durable (Latin durus, hard) is said almost wholly of material substances that resist wear; lasting is said of either material or immaterial things. Permanent is a word of wider meaning; a thing is permanent which is not liable to change; as, a permanent color; buildings upon a farm are called permanent improvements. Enduring is a higher word, applied to that which resists both time and change; as, enduring fame.

   See synonyms for TRANSIENT.

   Synonyms:
   abiding, changeless, constant, durable, enduring, fixed, immutable, invariable, lasting, perpetual, persistent, stable, steadfast, unchangeable, unchanging

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1. permanent wave, permanent, permadjective

   a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

   Synonyms:
   permanent wave, perm

   Antonyms:
   terminable, impermanent, episodic, pro tem, passing, shipboard, short-lived, transient, makeshift, fugacious, transitory, reversible, temporal, acting(a), evanescent, improvised, jury-rigged, working(a), pro tempore, interim, temporary, fly-by-night, ephemeral

2. permanent, lastingadjective

   continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place

   "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"

   Synonyms:
   durable, persistent, long-lasting, long-lived, lasting

   Antonyms:
   temporary, fly-by-night, shipboard, short-lived, impermanent, episodic, acting(a), jury-rigged, temporal, passing, pro tem, ephemeral, interim, transient, makeshift, improvised, fugacious, reversible, working(a), transitory, evanescent, terminable, pro tempore

3. permanentadjective

   not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition

   "permanent brain damage"

   Synonyms:
   lasting

   Antonyms:
   jury-rigged, fly-by-night, episodic, interim, transitory, temporary, terminable, makeshift, pro tempore, short-lived, acting(a), shipboard, passing, ephemeral, evanescent, temporal, fugacious, impermanent, reversible, working(a), transient, pro tem, improvised

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1. permanentadjective

   Synonyms:
   lasting, abiding, fixed, enduring, continuing, durable, stable, steadfast, unchangeable, immutable, perpetual, invariable, constant, persistent

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1. permanentadjective

   Synonyms:
   stable, immutable, durable, imperishable, unchangeable, abiding, indestructible

   Antonyms:
   impermanent, evanescent, ephemeral, transient

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1. List of paraphrases for "permanent":

   standing, ongoing, lasting, permanente, constant, continuing, durable, continuous, lifelong, permanently, on-going, perennial, enduring, stable, perpetual, continued, permanents, life-long, non-lapsing, continual, final, long-term, eternal, fixed, definitive

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1. Abdoulaye Pona:

   The mine will create 1300 jobs, 850 of which will be permanent.

2. Ben Leman:

   There’s a permanent severability to your property as a result of that, and that impedes efficient operations on all of your agriculture community.

3. Daniel Pinkston:

   If the two sides can agree to cooperate to denuclearize the Korean peninsula and establish permanent peace that may be seen as a success, then they can work out the detail later.

4. Maya Angelou:

   A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

5. Mike Ditka:

   Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.