'Permanent' definitions:
Definition of 'permanent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value" [syn: permanent, lasting] [ant: impermanent, temporary]
adjective
Not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"
noun
A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals [syn: permanent wave, permanent, perm]
Definition of 'Permanent'
From: GCIDE
- Permanent \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. [1913 Webster]
- Eternity stands permanent and fixed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Permanent gases (Chem. & Physics), hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide; -- also called incondensible gases or incoercible gases, before their liquefaction in 1877. The term is now archaic.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Lasting; durable; constant. See Lasting. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'permanent'
From: GCIDE
- permanent \permanent\ n.
- 1. A wave or curl in the hair that lasts for months and is made durable by treating the hair with chemicals when it is curled.
- Syn: permanent wave. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'permanent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- Afro,
- age-long,
- aged,
- ageless,
- 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,
- long-lasting,
- long-lived,
- long-standing,
- long-term,
- longeval,
- longevous,
- 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