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| Main Entry: | continuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, unending |
| Synonyms: | connected, consecutive, endless, everlasting, extended, interminable, perpetual, prolonged, regular, repeated, stable, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, undivided, unfaltering, uninterrupted, continued, day and night, for ever and ever, looped, no end of, no end to, on a treadmill |
| Notes: | continually means 'repeatedly, with breaks in between' and continuously means 'without interruption, in an unbroken stream'; continual typically refers to time while continuous can refer to space as well as time |
| Antonyms: | completed, discontinuous, ending, finished, halting, intermittent, interrupted, sporadic, stopping, ceasing |
| Main Entry: | ceaseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | never-ending |
| Synonyms: | constant, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, indefatigable, interminable, nonstop, perennial, perpetual, unceasing, unending, uninterrupted, untiring, amaranthine, day and night, on a treadmill, round the clock, unremitting, world-without-end |
| Antonyms: | completed, ending, finished, infrequent, irregular, occasional, ceasing, concluded |
| Main Entry: | chronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incessant, never-ending |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, prolonged, recurrent, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unmitigated, unyielding, usual, ever-present, ineradicable, lingering, long-lived, persisting, protracted, recurring, unabating |
| Antonyms: | curable, intermittent, occasional, temporary, eradicable |
| Main Entry: | consecutive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in sequence |
| Synonyms: | after, chronological, connected, constant, continuing, continuous, ensuing, following, in turn, increasing, later, logical, progressive, running, sequential, serial, successive, understandable, uninterrupted, going on, in order, numerical, one after another, sequent, serialized, seriate, seriatim, succedent, succeeding, successional |
| Antonyms: | broken, discontinuous, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, unconsecutive |
| Main Entry: | continual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, incessant |
| Synonyms: | ceaseless, connected, consecutive, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, frequent, interminable, permanent, perpetual, persistent, recurrent, regular, relentless, repeated, repetitive, running, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfailing, unflagging, uninterrupted, unvarying, aeonian, around-the-clock, dateless, oft-repeated, persisting, staying, unremitting, unwaning |
| Antonyms: | broken, halting, inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary, ceasing, checked |
| Main Entry: | endless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not stopping, not finishing |
| Synonyms: | boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, countless, deathless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, immortal, incalculable, incessant, indeterminate, infinite, interminable, limitless, monotonous, multitudinous, never-ending, numberless, perpetual, unbroken, undivided, undying, unending, unfathomable, uninterrupted, unlimited, untold, amaranthine, illimitable, measureless, no end of, no end to, overlong, self-perpetuating, unbounded, unsurpassable, without end |
| Antonyms: | bounded, ending, limited, passing, stopping, completing, finishing, terminable |
| Main Entry: | entire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complete, whole |
| Synonyms: | absolute, all, continuous, full, gross, intact, integral, integrated, outright, perfect, plenary, sound, thorough, total, unbroken, undamaged, undivided, unified, unimpaired, unmitigated, unreserved, unrestricted, untouched, choate, consolidated, undiminished, uninjured, unmarked, unmarred |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, limited, part, abridged |
| Main Entry: | eternal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without pause; endless |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ageless, always, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, deathless, enduring, everlasting, forever, immemorial, immortal, immutable, imperishable, incessant, indefinite, indestructible, infinite, interminable, lasting, never-ending, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, relentless, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, undying, unending, uninterrupted, amaranthine, continued, dateless, illimitable, perdurable, termless, unfading, unremitting, without end |
| Antonyms: | brief, changeable, changing, ending, ephemeral, stopping, temporary, transient, terminable |
| Main Entry: | everlasting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | infinite, never-ending |
| Synonyms: | abiding, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, eternal, immortal, imperishable, incessant, indestructible, interminable, lasting, limitless, permanent, perpetual, timeless, unceasing, undying, unending, uninterrupted, amaranthine, perdurable, termless, unremitting |
| Antonyms: | ending, temporary, transient, ceasing, concluding, terminating |
| Main Entry: | flowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gushing, abounding |
| Synonyms: | brimming, continuous, easy, falling, fluent, fluid, full, liquid, overrun, prolific, rich, rolling, running, rushing, sinuous, smooth, sweeping, teeming, unbroken, uninterrupted, cursive, flooded, fluidic, issuing, liquefied, pouring out, rippling, spouting, streaming, tidal |
| Antonyms: | trickling |
| Main Entry: | gradual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening slowly, evenly |
| Synonyms: | by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, successive, unhurried, bit-by-bit, step-by-step |
| Antonyms: | abrupt, infrequent, intermittent, sudden, uneven |
| Main Entry: | incessant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | never-ending, persistent |
| Synonyms: | ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, interminable, monotonous, nonstop, perpetual, relentless, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unending, unrelenting, day-and-night, interminate, round-the-clock, unremitting |
| Antonyms: | broken, ending, intermittent, interrupted, ceasing |
| Main Entry: | insistent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demanding |
| Synonyms: | assertive, burning, clamant, clamorous, continuous, crying, dire, dogged, emphatic, exigent, forceful, imperative, imperious, importunate, incessant, obstinate, peremptory, persevering, persistent, pressing, resolute, unrelenting, urgent, perseverant, reiterative, resounding |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, indifferent, lenient, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | interminable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | infinite |
| Synonyms: | boring, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continuous, dull, endless, eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, incessant, limitless, long, long-winded, never-ending, permanent, perpetual, timeless, unceasing, uninterrupted, unlimited, wearisome, day-and-night, dragged out, interminate, long-drawn-out, looped, no end of, no end to, on a treadmill, protracted, spun out, strung out, unbound |
| Antonyms: | bounded, ending, finite, terminable |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth, balanced |
| Synonyms: | akin, alike, calm, commensurate, common, comparable, consistent, constant, continuous, equable, equivalent, even, exact, flat, flush, horizontal, identical, like, matched, matching, parallel, plain, plane, polished, precise, proportionate, regular, rolled, same, stable, steady, straight, trim, unbroken, uniform, uninterrupted, aligned, in line, leveled, lined up, of same height, on a line, on a par, on one plane, planate, planed, trimmed, unfluctuating |
| Antonyms: | ragged, uneven |
| Main Entry: | never-ending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continual, unceasing |
| Synonyms: | boundless, ceaseless, constant, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, incessant, interminable, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, relentless, timeless, unbroken, unchanging, uninterrupted, amaranthine, unremitting |
| Antonyms: | ending, halting, intermittent, interrupted, ceasing |
| Main Entry: | perpetual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continual, lasting |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, constant, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, incessant, infinite, interminable, intermittent, never-ending, perennial, permanent, persistent, recurrent, repeated, repeating, repetitious, returning, unceasing, unchanging, undying, unending, unfailing, uninterrupted, continued, going on, never-ceasing, perdurable, recurring, reoccurring, sempiternal, unremitting, without end |
| Antonyms: | brief, ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, temporary, transient |
| Main Entry: | progressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal; growing |
| Synonyms: | advanced, avant-garde*, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, go-ahead*, gradual, graduated, increasing, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming*, up-to-date, wide, accelerating, advancing, bleeding-heart, developing, escalating, forward-looking, intensifying, left of center, reformist |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sequential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | occurring in an order |
| Synonyms: | consecutive, constant, continuous, following, incessant, later, next, persistent, regular, serial, steady, subsequent, successive, sequent, subsequential, succedent, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | nonsequential |
| Main Entry: | unceasing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incessant |
| Synonyms: | ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, lasting, never-ending, nonstop, permanent, perpetual, persistent, relentless, steady, unending, uninterrupted, unyielding, day-and-night, round-the-clock |
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