| 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: | continuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, unending |
Synonyms: |
connected, consecutive, continued, day and night, endless, everlasting, extended, for ever and ever, interminable, looped, no end of, no end to, on a treadmill, perpetual, prolonged, regular, repeated, stable, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, undivided, unfaltering, uninterrupted |
| 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: |
ceasing, completed, discontinuous, ending, finished, halting, intermittent, interrupted, sporadic, stopping |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | unceasing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incessant |
Synonyms: |
ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, day-and-night, endless, eternal, everlasting, lasting, never-ending, nonstop, permanent, perpetual, persistent, relentless, round-the-clock, steady, unending, uninterrupted, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | around-the-clock |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continual |
Synonyms: |
24/7, all day and all night, at all times, ceaseless, constant, continuous, day-and-night, endless, eternal, everlasting, interminable, never-ending, nonstop, ongoing, perpetual, persistent, relentless, round-the-clock, timeless, unceasing, unending, uninterrupted |