atemporal

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adjective

Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging.

“The greatest music is atemporal.”

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timelesseternal
OriginEnglish temporal ← Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) ← Proto-Hellenic *ə- →
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Meanings

adjectiveatemporal (comparative more atemporal, superlative most atemporal)

comparative more atemporal · superlative most atemporal

  1. Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging.

    The greatest music is atemporal.

    1 more example

    The machinery, when activated, would create atemporal bubbles wherein nothing was affected by the flow of time.

    Synonyms: timeless, eternal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveUnaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging.

Similar
timelesseternal
Also see
achroniceternalextratemporaltimeless

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Englishtemporal
  7. Englishatemporal

From a- + temporal.

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Translations

French atemporel
  • atemporelunaffected by time
German zeitlos, unvergänglich
  • zeitlosunaffected by time
  • unvergänglichunaffected by time
  • unveränderlichunaffected by time
Italian atemporale
  • atemporaleunaffected by time
Polish aczasowy
  • aczasowyunaffected by time
Portuguese atemporal
  • atemporalunaffected by time
Romanian atemporal
  • atemporalunaffected by time
Spanish atemporal
  • atemporalunaffected by time

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with atemporal

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Cite this entry
APA

atemporal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atemporal

MLA

“atemporal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atemporal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atemporal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atemporal.

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