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. Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear:

   Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

2. Samuel Zbogar:

   What I hear from permanent members of the Security Council from Europe is that they will not be able to stop the process if it comes there, disappointing your friends and allies will for sure affect your relations with them.

3. Antonio Giustozzi:

   There is also a concern for the long-term solidity of this representation __ maybe embedding some form of permanent power for clerics in the constitution or some de facto Taliban-controlled paramilitary force.

4. Tu Le:

   Stating this a bit harshly, but the Russian brands and the Chinese brands are kind of stand-ins for the real players, the stand-ins might become the permanent players.

5. Abdoulaye Pona:

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