eternity

Other forms of eternity

plural

eternities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eternity

What does eternity mean?

eternity means "time without end". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eternity?

eternity has 4 syllables: e-ter-ni-ty. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ɪˈtɝnəti/.

What is another word for eternity?

Close synonyms include infinity, timelessness, timeless existence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eternity a common word?

eternity is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with eternity?

1 word rhymes with eternity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.