enduring

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UK/ɪnˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/UK/ɪnˈdjɔː.ɹɪŋ/US/ɪnˈd(j)ʊɚ.ɪŋ/US/ɪnˈdɝ.ɪŋ/

adjective

Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.

“an enduring belief in democracy”

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diuturnalprolongedabidingimperishablepermanentlastinglong-sufferingpatient
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Meanings

adjectiveenduring (comparative more enduring, superlative most enduring)

comparative more enduring · superlative most enduring

  1. Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.

    an enduring belief in democracy

    Synonyms: diuturnal, prolonged

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of endure
nounenduring (plural endurings)

plural endurings

  1. endurance

    It could be only long years of privations and endurings of hardships that could enable the Esquimaux to traverse over those icy regions with the facilities they have learned to practise[…]

    1854, James Kennedy, Probable Origin of the American Indians, page 14

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLong-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.

Similar
diuturnalprolonged

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelasting a long time

Similar
abidingimperishablepermanentlasting

adjectivepatiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble

Similar
long-sufferingpatient
Also see
abidingcontinuatedurableendurableeternalimperishableindefectibleinfinitelastinglong-lastinglong-sufferingpatientperdurableperennialpermanentperpetualperpetuateprolongedprotractedstubborn

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian траен, продължителен
  • траен (traen)long-lasting
  • продължителен (prodălžitelen)long-lasting
Chinese Mandarin 久, 持久
  • 久 (jiǔ)long-lasting
  • 持久 (chíjiǔ)long-lasting
Esperanto daŭrema
  • daŭremalong-lasting
German beständig, andauernd
  • beständiglong-lasting
  • andauerndlong-lasting
  • bleibendlong-lasting
  • ausdauerndlong-lasting
  • dauerhaftlong-lasting
  • anhaltendlong-lasting
Hindi चिरस्थायी
  • चिरस्थायी (cirasthāyī)long-lasting
Hungarian tartós
  • tartóslong-lasting
Māori matatū, tāroa
  • matatūlong-lasting
  • tāroalong-lasting
  • tūroalong-lasting
Norwegian Bokmål langvarig, vedvarende
  • langvariglong-lasting
  • vedvarendelong-lasting
Polish trwały, wytrzymały
  • trwałylong-lasting
  • wytrzymałylong-lasting
Portuguese perdurante
  • perdurantelong-lasting
Romanian de durată, durabil
  • de duratălong-lasting
  • durabillong-lasting
Spanish perdurante, perdurador
  • perdurantelong-lasting
  • perduradorlong-lasting
  • endurantelong-lasting
  • enduradorlong-lasting
  • duraderolong-lasting
Swedish tålig
  • tåliglong-lasting

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with enduring

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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