Nouns (1)
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perennial
n. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
Verbs (0)
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Adjectives (5)
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perennial
adj. lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness"
perennial
adj. lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"
perennial, recurrent, repeated
adj. recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"
Fuzzynyms (33)
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permanent, lasting
adj. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
habitual
adj. made a norm or custom or habit; "his habitual practice was to eat an early supper"; "her habitual neatness"
frequent
adj. coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"
conversant
adj. well informed about or familiar with; usu followed by "with": "conversant with business trends"
aware(p), cognizant, cognisant
adj. (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit"
side by side
adj. closely related or associated; "a city in which communism and democracy had to live side by side"
familiar
adj. well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
matter-of-fact, prosaic
adj. not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
intermittent
adj. stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent rain showers"
periodic, occasional
adj. recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic feelings of anxiety"
familiar
adj. within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences"
commonplace
adj. completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
frequent
adj. frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";
routine, habitual
adj. occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals; "made her routine trip to the store"
numerous, legion(p)
adj. amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion"
Synonyms (40)
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agelong
adj. lasting through all time; "agelong struggle for freedom"
bimestrial
adj. two months long; lasting two months
daylong
adj. lasting through an entire day
drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted
adj. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"
durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived
adj. existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship"
endless, eternal, interminable
adj. tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"
lifelong, womb-to-tomb
adj. continuing through life; "a lifelong friend"; "from lifelong habit"; "his lifelong study of Greek art"
long-acting
adj. active over a long period of time
long-dated
adj. of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption
longish
adj. somewhat long
longitudinal
adj. over an extended time; "a longitudinal study of twins"
long-range
adj. involving an extended span of time; "long-range goals"
long-run, long-term, semipermanent
adj. relating to or extending over a relatively long time; "the long-run significance of the elections"; "the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war"; "a long-term investment"
longstanding
adj. having existed for a long time; "a longstanding friendship"; "the longstanding conflict"
nightlong, all-night, overnight
adj. lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; "a nightlong vigil"; "an all-night drugstore"; "an overnight trip"
yearlong
adj. lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses"
constant
adj. continually recurring or continuing without interruption; "constant repetition of the exercise"; "constant chatter of monkeys"
incessant, perpetual
adj. occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"
insistent, repetitive
adj. repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry"
running, ongoing
adj. currently happening; "an ongoing economic crisis"
persistent, relentless, unrelenting
adj. never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
Antonyms (6)
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annual, one-year
adj. completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants"
biennial, two-year
adj. having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"
sporadic
adj. recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids"
perishable
adj. liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay; "this minute and perishable planet"; "perishable foods such as butter and fruit"
perennial
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