Perennial

/pəˈɹɛn.ɪ.əl/

Synonyms for "perennial" (190 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Strong matches (57)

Related words (95)

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More general

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durabilityperennial grassperennial herbperennial shrubperennial treepermanencepersistent problemrecurring issuetenacity

Collocations

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perennial candidateperennial cropperennial debateperennial herbperennial philosophyperennial plantperennial problemperennial shrubperennial speciesperennial stream

Inflections

3 entries
more perennialmost perennialperennials

Derivations

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Antonyms

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similar

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Translations

11 translations across 7 languages.

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Danish

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  • tilbagevendende adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)

Finnish

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  • toistuva adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)

German

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  • wiederkehrend adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)

Italian

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  • ricorrente adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)

Polish

3 entries
  • częsty adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)
  • powracający adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)
  • powtarzający się adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)

Russian

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  • возвраща́ющийся adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)
  • повторя́ющийся adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)

Turkish

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  • periodik adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)
  • yinelenen adj (appearing or recurring again and again — see also recurrent)

Sample sentences

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The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the poor. It does not even rest on the kindness of the rich to the poor. It rests on the perennial and unfailing kindness of the poor to the rich.

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Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

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Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

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What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever.

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