n. Function: adjective
existing or continuing for so long a time as to seem fixed or established FF1C; his reading made a lasting impression on him FF1E;
Synonyms: diuturnal, durable, enduring, perdurable, perduring, permanent, stable; compare OLD 2
Related Words: abiding, continuing, persisting; endless, everlasting, unceasing; continual, continuous, incessant, perennial, unremitting; eternal, sempiternal; indelible, indissoluble, inexhaustible, inexpugnable, inexpungible
Contrasted Words: ephemeral, evanescent, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory
Antonyms: fleeting