| Main Entry: | ceaseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | never-ending |
Synonyms: |
amaranthine, constant, continual, continuous, day and night, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, indefatigable, interminable, nonstop, on a treadmill, perennial, perpetual, round the clock, unceasing, unending, uninterrupted, unremitting, untiring, world-without-end |
Antonyms: |
ceasing, completed, concluded, ending, finished, infrequent, irregular, occasional |
| Main Entry: | chronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incessant, never-ending |
Synonyms: |
abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, ever-present, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, lingering, long-lived, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, persisting, prolonged, protracted, recurrent, recurring, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unabating, unmitigated, unyielding, usual |
| Notes: | acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments |
Antonyms: |
curable, eradicable, intermittent, occasional, temporary |
| Main Entry: | constant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | neverending |
Synonyms: |
abiding, ceaseless, chronic, continual, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, incessant, interminable, lasting, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, persisting, relentless, sustained, unending, uninterrupted, unrelenting, unremitting |
Antonyms: |
concluding, ending, interrupted, stopping, terminable, terminating |
| Main Entry: | continual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, incessant |
Synonyms: |
aeonian, around-the-clock, ceaseless, connected, consecutive, continuous, dateless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, frequent, interminable, oft-repeated, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, recurrent, regular, relentless, repeated, repetitive, running, staying, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfailing, unflagging, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying, unwaning |
Antonyms: |
broken, ceasing, checked, halting, inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary |
| Main Entry: | endless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not stopping, not finishing |
Synonyms: |
amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, countless, deathless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, illimitable, immeasurable, immortal, incalculable, incessant, indeterminate, infinite, interminable, limitless, measureless, monotonous, multitudinous, never-ending, no end of, no end to, numberless, overlong, perpetual, self-perpetuating, unbounded, unbroken, undivided, undying, unending, unfathomable, uninterrupted, unlimited, unsurpassable, untold, without end |
Antonyms: |
bounded, completing, ending, finishing, limited, passing, stopping, terminable |
| Main Entry: | eternal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without pause; endless |
Synonyms: |
abiding, ageless, always, amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continued, continuous, dateless, deathless, enduring, everlasting, forever, illimitable, immemorial, immortal, immutable, imperishable, incessant, indefinite, indestructible, infinite, interminable, lasting, never-ending, perdurable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, relentless, termless, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, undying, unending, unfading, uninterrupted, unremitting, without end |
Antonyms: |
brief, changeable, changing, ending, ephemeral, stopping, temporary, terminable, transient |
| Main Entry: | everlasting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | infinite, never-ending |
Synonyms: |
abiding, amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, eternal, immortal, imperishable, incessant, indestructible, interminable, lasting, limitless, perdurable, permanent, perpetual, termless, timeless, unceasing, undying, unending, uninterrupted, unremitting |
Antonyms: |
ceasing, concluding, ending, temporary, terminating, transient |
| Main Entry: | immortal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | death-defying, imperishable |
Synonyms: |
abiding, amaranthine, ceaseless, constant, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, evergreen, everlasting, incorruptible, indestructible, indissoluble, interminable, lasting, never-ceasing, never-ending, perdurable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, phoenixlike, sempiternal, timeless, undying, unfading |
Antonyms: |
destructible, ephemeral, human, mortal, perishable |
| Main Entry: | incessant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | never-ending, persistent |
Synonyms: |
ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, day-and-night, endless, eternal, everlasting, interminable, interminate, monotonous, nonstop, perpetual, relentless, round-the-clock, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unending, unrelenting, unremitting |
Antonyms: |
broken, ceasing, ending, intermittent, interrupted |
| Main Entry: | interminable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | infinite |
Synonyms: |
boring, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continuous, day-and-night, dragged out, dull, endless, eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, incessant, interminate, limitless, long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, looped, never-ending, no end of, no end to, on a treadmill, permanent, perpetual, protracted, spun out, strung out, timeless, unbound, unceasing, uninterrupted, unlimited, wearisome |
Antonyms: |
bounded, ending, finite, terminable |