What is another word for continual?
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
Continual
Continual vs. Continuous -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Continual and Continuous.
Continual
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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?
The reason that we can't understand these motions; the brain if you like can't understand these motions, is that there's continual conflict between what is upright and whether you should lean to balance yourself in the environment or whether you're actually experiencing a sideways acceleration force. You imagine being on a bicycle or a motorbike; you go round a corner, you lean into the corner which remains perfectly upright in physics. You don't so that in a car, you don't do that on a ship - you're actually struggling to find out what is upright and what's the best way of dealing with it.
Cleaning that is environmentally sensitive is a continual process of discovery and implementation of solutions.
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.
A contented mind is a continual feast.
We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters.
Translations for continual
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- مستمرArabic
- sìorScottish Gaelic
- непрерывныйRussian
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