Meanings
- not comparableAlways; forever; eternally.
But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou may'st love on through love's eternity.
c. 1845–1846, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnets from the Portuguese”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1850, →OCLC, sonnet XIV, page 451Synonyms: for evermore, forevermore · Antonyms: nevermore
- not comparableAt any time in the future.
[N]ote by the way, that if honey be deſpumed, that is to ſay, skummed and clarified, it is evermore the better for any uſe.
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXII.] Of the nature and properties of Honey. […].”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 135
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adverbat any future time; in the future
adverbfor a limitless time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishevermore
- Englishevermore
From Middle English evermore (written as two words before 14th century), equivalent to ever + -more.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish ikuisesti, aina
- ikuisestialways
- ainaalways
French toujours
- toujoursalways
Greek αιωνίως, αεί
- αιωνίως (aioníos)always
- αεί (aeí)always
Polish zawsze
- zawszealways
Russian всегда, вечный
- всегда (vsegda)always
- вечный (večnyj)always
Spanish siempre
- siemprealways
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with evermore
Cite this entry
evermore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evermore
“evermore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evermore. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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