| 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 |
| 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: |
broken, ceasing, checked, halting, inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uninteresting |
Synonyms: |
abused, archaic, arid, big yawn, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dismal, dreary, driveling, dry, familiar, flat, hackneyed, heavy, ho hum, hoary, humdrum*, insipid, jejune, longwinded, monotonous, oft-repeated, ordinary, out-of-date, plain, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, repetitive, routine, run-of-the-mill, soporific, stale, stock, stupid, tame, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, uninspiring, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
active, exciting, interesting, lively |
| Main Entry: | round-the-clock |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continual |
Synonyms: |
aeonian, around-the-clock, ceaseless, connected, consecutive, constant, continuous, dateless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, frequent, incessant, interminable, nonstop, oft-repeated, ongoing, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, recurrent, regular, relentless, repeated, repetitive, running, staying, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfailing, unflagging, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying, unwaning |
| Main Entry: | unremitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continual |
Synonyms: |
aeonian, around-the-clock, ceaseless, connected, consecutive, constant, continuous, dateless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, frequent, incessant, interminable, nonstop, oft-repeated, ongoing, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, recurrent, regular, relentless, repeated, repetitive, round-the-clock, running, staying, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfailing, unflagging, uninterrupted, unvarying, unwaning |