abiding
adjective
abid·ing ə-ˈbī-diŋ 
: continuing for a long time : enduring
an abiding interest in nature
abidingly adverb
Synonyms
- ageless
- continuing
- dateless
- enduring
- eternal
- everlasting
- immortal
- imperishable
- lasting
- ongoing
- perennial
- perpetual
- timeless
- undying
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Example Sentences
I have an abiding interest in animal welfare—it's not just a phase I'm going through.
Recent Examples on the Web His most abiding ambition is to write a greeting card. 
Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 June 2022 Andrew’s relationships with his mother (Leslie Mann) is deep and abiding — and a bit complicated. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022 There's family tragedy, struggle with drugs and deep poverty, but there's also children with a plucky spirit, adults who grapple for purchase against all odds and an abiding love that will stay with you for a long time. Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2022 The memoir imparts an abiding sense of the gravity of these acts—of raising, tending, and killing animals; of planting, nurturing, and harvesting vegetables—that lends an almost sacred quality to Gaydos’s prose. Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 More than a century after American forces landed, the United States remains an abiding feature of Haitian politics. New York Times, 20 May 2022 Carson wanted not just to entertain but also to impart an abiding sense of interconnectedness. Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 17 May 2022 Who among us doesn’t harbor an abiding love for Nicolas Cage? Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 That is a potent charge in a country with an abiding fear of Russia. New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021 See More
Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 June 2022 Andrew’s relationships with his mother (Leslie Mann) is deep and abiding — and a bit complicated. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022 There's family tragedy, struggle with drugs and deep poverty, but there's also children with a plucky spirit, adults who grapple for purchase against all odds and an abiding love that will stay with you for a long time. Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2022 The memoir imparts an abiding sense of the gravity of these acts—of raising, tending, and killing animals; of planting, nurturing, and harvesting vegetables—that lends an almost sacred quality to Gaydos’s prose. Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 More than a century after American forces landed, the United States remains an abiding feature of Haitian politics. New York Times, 20 May 2022 Carson wanted not just to entertain but also to impart an abiding sense of interconnectedness. Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 17 May 2022 Who among us doesn’t harbor an abiding love for Nicolas Cage? Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 That is a potent charge in a country with an abiding fear of Russia. New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English abydynge, from present participle of abiden "to abide"
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing abiding
abiding 1 of 2
adjective
as in enduring
having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish I have an abiding interest in animal welfare—it's not just a phase I'm going through Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- enduring
- continuing
- eternal
- immortal
- ongoing
- lasting
- perpetual
- perennial
- everlasting
- undying
- timeless
- imperishable
- permanent
- constant
- ageless
- endless
- unchanging
- ceaseless
- changeless
- unvarying
- dateless
- stable
- steady
- stationary
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- archaic
- obsolete
- outmoded
- antiquated
- outworn
- outdated
- dated
- out-of-date
- passé
abiding
2 of 2verb
1
as in remaining
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time refused to abide where it was clear that he wasn't wanted Synonyms & Similar Words
- remaining
- staying
- dwelling
- waiting
- hanging around
- tarrying
- lingering
- sticking around
- loitering
- awaiting
- dawdling
- hanging on
- holding on
- overstaying
- dallying
- outstaying
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- moving
- leaving
- going
- departing
- exiting
- taking off
- packing (up or off)
- bailing
- buzzing (off)
- getting off
- pulling out
- quitting
- shoving (off)
- escaping
- pushing off
- clearing out
- bugging out
- bailing out
- walking out
- fleeing
- pushing on
- flying
- peeling off
- forsaking
- evacuating
- abandoning
- skipping
- absconding
- getting out
- clearing off
- running away
- cutting out
- decamping
- scramming
- vamoosing
- deserting
- going off
- vacating
- booking
- piking (out or off)
- scatting
2
as in living
to have a home the charming fantasy that fairies abide in the cup-shaped flowers dotting the woodland floor Synonyms & Similar Words
- living
- residing
- dwelling
- staying
- haunting
- inhabiting
- occupying
- lodging
- visiting
- frequenting
- settling
- cohabiting
- peopling
- populating
- tenanting
- hanging (at)
- leasing
- subletting
- renting
3
as in standing
to put up with (something painful or difficult) cannot abide being in huge crowds Synonyms & Similar Words
- enduring
- standing
- tolerating
- accepting
- handling
- sustaining
- taking
- bearing
- absorbing
- brooking
- countenancing
- meeting
- supporting
- sticking out
- suffering
- living with
- hacking
- swallowing
- standing for
- biding
- stomaching
- wearing
- sweating out
- going
- toughing it out
- pocketing
- permitting
- respecting
- allowing
- lumping (it)
- acquiescing
- capitulating
- reconciling (to)
- assenting (to)
- consenting (to)
- yielding (to)
- submitting (to)
- agreeing (with or to)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rejecting
- refusing
- repudiating
- resisting
- declining
- opposing
- combating
- fighting
- dismissing
- avoiding
- evading
- combatting
- turning down
- escaping
- spurning
- missing
- circumventing
- eluding
- bypassing
- contesting
- dodging
- forbearing
- refraining (from)
- abstaining (from)
4
as in lasting
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state the village's once-honored ways no longer abide and now exist only in the memories of a few elders Synonyms & Similar Words
- lasting
- remaining
- continuing
- persisting
- enduring
- staying
- lingering
- perduring
- surviving
- prevailing
- biding
- holding on
- running on
- keeping up
- holding up
- tarrying
- sticking around
- carrying through
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- passing
- dying
- lapsing
- stopping
- closing
- ending
- ceasing
- terminating
- concluding
- expiring
- finishing
- discontinuing
- quitting
- dying (down)
- ebbing
- desisting
- waning
- subsiding
- abating
- moderating
- leaving off
- winding up
- letting up