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Antonyms for aeon
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ee-uh n, ee-on |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi ən, ˈi ɒn |
Definition of aeon
Origin :- 1640s; see eon.
- As in period : noun extent of time
- As in : noun very long time
- As in sempiternity : noun eternity
- As in cycle : noun era, phase
- As in age : noun a period of time
- As in eon : noun an age
- As in era : noun time period in history
- As in eternity : noun forever
- As in generation : noun era; age group
- It seemed as if he had reached sanctuary after an aeon of chaos.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- After what seemed an aeon, they saw that it was daylight outside.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
- When it was spent, they would rest for aeon, then stir again.
- Extract from : « Lewis Rand » by Mary Johnston
- For a moment that had to Letty the air of an aeon, Godfrey stood peering.
- Extract from : « Mary Marston » by George MacDonald
- Eight years have elapsed since that day and this writing—an aeon in this rapidly moving Republic of ours.
- Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- An aeon might have elapsed since he had walked down the white marble of its aisle toward the crouching figure in the pew.
- Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- And he says that this world (aeon) was constructed defectively by Dominions and Principalities of evil.
- Extract from : « Simon Magus » by George Robert Stow Mead
- Don't you remember what happened to the passengers of the Aeon, when that steamer was wrecked on Christmas Island?
- Extract from : « By Right of Conquest » by Arthur Hornblow
- Given such a culture-hero, the common herd was capable of carrying on more or less mechanically for an aeon or so.
- Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
- This victory inaugurates the entrance of the “aeon to come,” in which the faithful Jews would enter their inheritance.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 » by Various
Synonyms for aeon
- aeon
- afterlife
- age
- ages
- all one's born days
- alternation
- blue moon
- breed
- century
- chain
- circle
- circuit
- contemporaries
- coon's age
- course
- crop
- cycle
- date
- day
- days
- dog's age
- duration
- endless time
- endlessness
- eon
- epoch
- era
- eternality
- eternalness
- eternity
- everlastingness
- forever and a day
- future
- generation
- immortality
- imperishability
- infiniteness
- infinitude
- infinity
- interim
- interval
- isochronism
- kingdom come
- life
- lifetime
- long time
- loop
- measure
- millennium
- month of Sundays
- orbit
- other world
- peers
- period
- periodicity
- perpetuity
- rank
- revolution
- rhythm
- right smart spell
- ring
- rotation
- round
- run
- season
- sequel
- sequence
- series
- space
- span
- spell
- stage
- step
- stretch
- succession
- term
- time
- time immemorial
- time out of mind
- time period
- time without end
- timelessness
- times
- wheel
- while
- wild blue yonder
- world without end
- years
- years on end
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