Word Meanings - PERMANENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression. Eternity stands permanent and fixed. Dryden. Permanent gases

Additional info about word: PERMANENT

Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression. Eternity stands permanent and fixed. Dryden. Permanent gases , hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide; -- also called incondensible or incoercible gases, before their liquefaction in 1877. -- Permanent way, the roadbed and superstructure of a finished railway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's temporary way. -- Permanent white , barium sulphate , used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation of the sulphide. Syn. -- Lasting; durable; constant. See Lasting. (more info) stay or remain to the end, to last; per + manere to remain: cf. F.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PERMANENT)

• Durable
• Lasting
• permanent
• stable
• persistent
• abiding
• constant
• continuing
• Perennial
• Perpetual
• unceasing
• unfailing
• ceaseless
• incessant
• unintermittent
• continual
• undying
• Stable
• firm
• established
• secure
• steady
• unwavering
• durable
• stanch
• firmly fixed
• solid
• steadfast
• lasting
• perpetual
• Sure
• Certain
• safe
• assured
• unmistakable
• knowing
• believing
• confident
• trusting
• unquestioning
• positive
• strong
• enduring
• infallible
• indisputable
• fast

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PERMANENT)

• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to PERMANENT)

• KNOWINGLY
  1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype. 2. By experience. Shak.
• CONTINUABLE
  Capable of being continued
• ASSURER
  1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
• CONTINUANT
  Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n.
• SOLIDARE
  A small piece of money. Shak.
• TRUSTEE
  A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects
• TRUSTY
  1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his
• INDISPUTABLE
  Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute. Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible. -- In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*dis"pu*ta*bly,
• UNMISTAKABLE
  Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
• STANCH
  akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make 1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. Iron or a stone
• LAST
  of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. Chaucer.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• LASTERY
  A red color. Spenser.
• LASTE
  of Last, to endure. Chaucer.
• STANCHLESS
  1. Incapable of being stanched, or stopped. 2. Unquenchable; insatiable. Shak.
• KNOWINGNESS
  The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
• TRUST COMPANY
  Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
• ENDURANT
  Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc. The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood.
• CONTINUITY
  the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. Law of continuity
• KNOW-NOTHING
  A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office. Note: The
• PROPLASTIC
  Forming a mold.
• POSTABLE
  Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu.
• PREKNOWLEDGE
  Prior knowledge.
• RECONTINUANCE
  The act or state of recontinuing.
• ODONTOPLAST
  An odontoblast.
• INTESTABLE
  Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• EVERLASTINGLY
  In an everlasting manner.
• TABID
  Affected by tabes; tabetic. In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative. Arbuthnot. -- Tab"id*ly, adv. -- Tab"id*ness, n.
• SELF-TRUST
  Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to