What's The Definition Of Permanent?
[n] a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
[adj] continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
[adj] not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Permanent: abiding |
ageless |
enduring |
eternal |
everlasting |
imperishable |
indissoluble |
irreversible |
lasting |
perm |
permanent wave |
perpetual |
standing(a) |
unceasing |
unending
Related Terms | Find terms related to Permanent: abiding |
Afro |
aged |
ageless |
age-long |
all-knowing |
all-powerful |
all-seeing |
all-wise |
almighty |
ancient |
antique |
assiduous |
boundless |
ceaseless |
changeless |
chronic |
coeternal |
coif |
coiffure |
cold wave |
conk |
constant |
continual |
continuing |
continuous |
creating |
creative |
dateless |
diligent |
diuturnal |
dogged |
durable |
endless |
enduring |
eternal |
eternally the same |
eterne |
ever-being |
ever-durable |
ever-during |
evergreen |
everlasting |
everliving |
faithful |
firm |
fixed |
frozen |
glorious |
good |
haircut |
hairdo |
hairstyle |
hallowed |
hardy |
headdress |
highest |
holy |
home permanent |
immemorial |
immobile |
immortal |
immutable |
imperishable |
inalterable |
incessant |
incommutable |
inconvertible |
indefatigable |
indefeasible |
indestructible |
indomitable |
industrious |
inert |
infinite |
insistent |
insusceptible of change |
intact |
interminable |
intransient |
intransmutable |
invariable |
inveterate |
invincible |
inviolate |
irretrievable |
irreversible |
irrevocable |
just |
lasting |
limitless |
longeval |
longevous |
long-lasting |
long-lived |
long-standing |
long-term |
loving |
loyal |
luminous |
macrobiotic |
majestic |
making |
merciful |
natural |
never-ceasing |
never-ending |
never-tiring |
noble |
nonreturnable |
nonreversible |
nonstop |
nonterminating |
nonterminous |
numinous |
obstinate |
of long duration |
of long standing |
olamic |
omnipotent |
omnipresent |
omniscient |
one |
patient |
patient as Job |
perdurable |
perduring |
perennial |
permanent wave |
perpetual |
perseverant |
persevering |
persistent |
persisting |
pertinacious |
plodding |
plugging |
preoccupied |
process |
quiescent |
radiant |
rapt |
relentless |
remaining |
resolute |
reverseless |
rigid |
sacred |
sedulous |
sempervirent |
sempiternal |
shaping |
single-minded |
sleepless |
slogging |
solid |
sovereign |
stable |
static |
stationary |
staying |
steadfast |
steady |
stubborn |
supreme |
sustained |
tenacious |
timeless |
tireless |
torpid |
tough |
ubiquitous |
unabating |
unalterable |
unalterative |
unaltered |
unbounded |
unceasing |
unchangeable |
unchanged |
unchanging |
unchecked |
unconquerable |
undaunted |
undefined |
undeflectable |
undestroyed |
undeviating |
undiscouraged |
undrooping |
undying |
unending |
unfading |
unfailing |
unfaltering |
unflagging |
unflinching |
unintermitting |
uninterrupted |
unlimited |
unmodifiable |
unnodding |
unrelaxing |
unrelenting |
unremitting |
unrestorable |
unreturnable |
unshifting |
unsleeping |
unsusceptible |
unswerving |
untiring |
unvariable |
unvaried |
unvarying |
unwavering |
unwearied |
unwearying |
unwinking |
utterly attentive |
vital |
wave |
weariless |
without end
See Also | ineradicable |
stable |
unchangeable |
wave
Permanent In Webster's Dictionary
\Per"ma*nent\, a. [L. permanens, -entis, p. pr. of
permanere to stay or remain to the end, to last; per + manere
to remain: cf. F. permanent. See {Per-}, and {Mansion}.]
Continuing in the same state, or without any change that
destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved;
abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent
impression.
Eternity stands permanent and fixed. --Dryden.
{Permanent gases} (Chem. & Physics), hydrogen, oxygen,
nitrogen, and carbon monoxide; -- also called
{incondensible or incoercible gases}, before their
liquefaction in 1877.
{Permanent way}, the roadbed and superstructure of a finished
railway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's
temporary way.
{Permanent white} (Chem.), barium sulphate ({heavy spar}),
used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from
white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation
of the sulphide.
Syn: Lasting; durable; constant. See {Lasting}.
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