EON Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

eon

noun

variants or chiefly British aeon

Definition of eon

as in forever

a long or seemingly long period of time it's been eons since I saw a movie at the multiplex glaciers that formed eons ago

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Recent Examples of eon The Wolverines’ frontcourt was, in fact, one of the greatest to grace college basketball in eons. — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026 People have marked solstices for eons with festivals and monuments, including Sweden's midsummer eve celebrations and Stonehenge, which was designed to align with the sun’s paths at the solstices. — ABC News, 19 June 2026 Over eons of mythmaking, the 13th century bandit Robin Hood has evolved from a scamp adored by King Henry VIII to a symbol of sticking it to the rich. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 Or, instead all its fragments may have scattered into the asteroid belt to rain down as angrites across the eons, says William Bottke, a solar system scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, who was uninvolved with the study. — Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for eon

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Noun

There is a certain ease and flow to the conversation with your forevers.

— Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 17 May 2026
Miami trailed 1-0 fast, in the sixth minute, when the defense left Guilherme Biro unmarked for a downward header off a corner kick, gifting Biro the forever-history of the first goal in the new stadium.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026