permanence

1. 1.

   the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration

   Synonymspermanency

   Antonymsimpermanence

   Broaderduration

   Narrowerperpetuitylastingnessimperishabilityperdurabilityimmortality

Other forms of permanence

plural

permanences·

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 permanence

What does permanence mean?

permanence means "the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration".

How many syllables are in permanence?

permanence has 3 syllables: per-ma-nence. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝmənəns/.

What is another word for permanence?

Close synonyms include permanency. 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.

What is the opposite of permanence?

The recorded antonyms are impermanence.

Is permanence a common word?

permanence is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.