Antonyms for continuous
kənˈtɪn yu əscon·tin·u·ous

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1. continuousadjective

   Antonyms:
   broken, intermittent, discrete, interrupted, discontinuous, unbroken, disjoint, stepwise, disconnected

   Synonyms:
   constant, uninterrupted, incessant, never-ending, continual, ongoing, connected, unbroken, unending, unceasing

2. continuousadjective

   Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening time.

   a continuous current of electricity

   Antonyms:
   unbroken, stepwise, discontinuous, disjoint, discrete, broken, disconnected, interrupted, intermittent

   Synonyms:
   unbroken, constant, ongoing, continual, never-ending, unending, uninterrupted, connected, unceasing, incessant

3. continuousadjective

   Without intervening space; continued; protracted; extended.

   a continuous line of railroad

   Antonyms:
   disconnected, intermittent, interrupted, broken, unbroken, stepwise, disjoint, discontinuous, discrete

   Synonyms:
   incessant, constant, continual, unbroken, connected, never-ending, ongoing, unceasing, uninterrupted, unending

4. continuousadjective

   Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

   Antonyms:
   unbroken, intermittent, disjoint, discrete, interrupted, broken, stepwise, disconnected, discontinuous

   Synonyms:
   ongoing, connected, unceasing, constant, never-ending, incessant, unbroken, continual, uninterrupted, unending

5. continuousadjective

   Such that, for every in the domain, for each small open interval about , there's an interval containing whose image is in .

   Antonyms:
   stepwise, discontinuous, intermittent, discrete, disconnected, disjoint, unbroken, broken, interrupted

   Synonyms:
   ongoing, connected, unending, continual, unbroken, uninterrupted, never-ending, incessant, constant, unceasing

6. continuousadjective

   Such that each open set in the range has an open preimage.

   Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.

   Antonyms:
   discontinuous, broken, stepwise, intermittent, unbroken, disjoint, interrupted, discrete, disconnected

   Synonyms:
   constant, ongoing, uninterrupted, incessant, unceasing, never-ending, connected, unending, continual, unbroken

7. continuousadjective

   Expressing an ongoing action or state.

   Synonyms:
   connected, unending, continual, ongoing, never-ending, unceasing, incessant, uninterrupted, constant, unbroken

   Antonyms:
   stepwise, disjoint, discrete, unbroken, disconnected, intermittent, broken, discontinuous, interrupted

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. continuous

   Continuous describes that which is absolutely without pause or break; continual, that which often intermits, but as regularly begins again. A continuous beach is exposed to the continual beating of the waves. A similar distinction is made between incessant and ceaseless. The incessant discharge of firearms makes the ceaseless roar of battle. Constant is sometimes used in the sense of continual; but its chief uses are mental and moral.

   Synonyms:
   ceaseless, constant, continual, incessant, invariable, perpetual, regular, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying

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1. • Math

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. continuous, uninterruptedadjective

   continuing in time or space without interruption

   "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"

   Antonyms:
   noncontinuous, disjunct, disrupted, discontinuous

   Synonyms:
   uninterrupted

2. continuousadjective

   of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity

   Antonyms:
   disjunct, discontinuous, disrupted, noncontinuous

   Synonyms:
   uninterrupted

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. continuousadjective

   Antonyms:
   intermittent, occasional, inconstant

   Synonyms:
   ceaseless, uninterrupted, unceasing, continual, constant, running

How to use continuous in a sentence?

1. Japhter Rugut:

   Although the report confirms to us that there is work to be done, we have done a lot in terms of tests, education and continuous monitoring, kenya has many athletes, so comparing the frequency against the number of athletes may not give an accurate figure because the probability of getting positives are higher.

2. James Scott:

   This cyberwar will be a continuous marathon war that will only compound and hyper-evolve in stealth, sophistication and easy entry due to the accelerated evolution of “as a service” attack strategies for sale on the dark web.

3. Douglas MacArthur:

   The powers in charge keep us in a perpetual state of fear keep us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.

4. John Dewey:

   The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

5. Van de Ven:

   We’re looking for minutes, how do I save a minute here, a minute there? In 2017, we are more deliberate in our continuous improvement efforts.

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