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Synonyms for continual
kənˈtɪn yu əlcon·tin·u·al
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
continual
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, continuous, incessant, invariable, perpetual, regular, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying
Princeton's WordNet
continualadjective
occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
"the continual banging of the shutters"
Antonyms:
irregular, stray, noncontinuous, discontinuous, periodic, spasmodic, fitful, intermittent, isolated, unpredictable, sporadic, occasionalcontinualadjective
`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
Antonyms:
irregular, unpredictable, periodic, spasmodic, intermittent, discontinuous, noncontinuous, sporadic, fitful, stray, isolated, occasional
Dictionary of English Synonymes
continualadjective
Synonyms:
perpetual, uninterrupted, unceasing, incessant, unremitting, endless, everlasting, eternal, interminable, constant, continuous
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
continualadjective
Synonyms:
ceaseless, incessant, constant, uninterrupted, unremitting
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "continual":
continuous, constant, continuing, ongoing, continued, continues, permanent, steady, on-going, sustained, perpetual, continuously
Suggested Resources
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1299 | regular | |
#2007 | continued | |
#2729 | permanent | |
#3035 | continuing | |
#3193 | continues | |
#3325 | constant | |
#3450 | continuous | |
#4164 | ongoing | |
#7181 | steady | |
#8047 | sustained | |
#9349 | continuously | |
#14758 | perpetual | |
#19440 | continual | |
#25501 | uninterrupted | |
#34685 | unbroken | |
#45570 | incessant | |
#69416 | ceaseless | |
#94036 | unremitting | |
#96232 | invariable | |
#101267 | unceasing | |
#185032 | unvarying |
How to use continual in a sentence?
Latin America largest airline:
The company has mitigated its exchange rate losses through a continual reduction of its exposure to the Brazilian real on TAM's balance sheet.
CF held talks with Yara last year... and we still see the potential for continual activity in this space.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy:
Americans should be a leader in health care and not have continual rise in price.
I had learned to have a perfect nausea for the theatre: the continual repetition of the same words and the same gestures, night after night, and the caprices, the way of looking at life, and the entire rigmarole disgusted me.
We've got this continual flow of Covid coming across the border in the form of Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista citizens that carry and continue to escalate and fuel the Covid pressures that we see.
Translations for continual
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- مستمرArabic
- sìorScottish Gaelic
- непрерывныйRussian
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