Thesaurus:continuous

Thesaurus

continuous

English

Adjective

Sense: without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening time

Synonyms

• amaranthine
• ceaseless
• constant
• continual (proscribed)
• continuate (obsolete)
• continuous
• dreich (Northern England, North Midlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland; chiefly of rain)
• endless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• eternal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• everlasting
• extended
• incessant
• infinite    [⇒ thesaurus]
• never-ending
• nonstop
• ongoing
• perpetual
• persistent
• relentless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• steady    [⇒ thesaurus]
• still
• termless
• unbroken
• unceasing
• unending
• unintermitted (dated)
• uninterrupted
• unremitting

Near synonyms

• constant
• everlasting
• lasting    [⇒ thesaurus]
• permanent
• uniform

Antonyms

• broken    [⇒ thesaurus]
• discontinuous    [⇒ thesaurus]
• discrete
• ending
• intermittent
• interrupted
• stopped

Further reading

• “69. continuity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “continuous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.