What are some alternative words for continuous?
Synonyms for continuous
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Princeton's WordNet
continuous, uninterrupted(adj)
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"
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uninterruptedAntonyms:
noncontinuous, disjunct, disrupted, discontinuouscontinuous(adj)
of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
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uninterruptedAntonyms:
disjunct, discontinuous, disrupted, noncontinuous
Wiktionary
continuous(adjective)
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constant, uninterrupted, incessant, never-ending, continual, ongoing, connected, unbroken, unending, unceasingAntonyms:
broken, intermittent, discrete, interrupted, discontinuous, unbroken, disjoint, stepwise, disconnectedcontinuous(adjective)
Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening time.
a continuous current of electricity
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unbroken, constant, ongoing, continual, never-ending, unending, uninterrupted, connected, unceasing, incessantAntonyms:
unbroken, stepwise, discontinuous, disjoint, discrete, broken, disconnected, interrupted, intermittentcontinuous(adjective)
Without intervening space; continued; protracted; extended.
a continuous line of railroad
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incessant, constant, continual, unbroken, connected, never-ending, ongoing, unceasing, uninterrupted, unendingAntonyms:
disconnected, intermittent, interrupted, broken, unbroken, stepwise, disjoint, discontinuous, discretecontinuous(adjective)
Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
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ongoing, connected, unceasing, constant, never-ending, incessant, unbroken, continual, uninterrupted, unendingAntonyms:
unbroken, intermittent, disjoint, discrete, interrupted, broken, stepwise, disconnected, discontinuouscontinuous(adjective)
Such that, for every \uE00028028 in the domain, for each small open interval \uE00028029 about \uE00028030, there's an interval containing \uE00028031 whose image is in \uE00028032.
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ongoing, connected, unending, continual, unbroken, uninterrupted, never-ending, incessant, constant, unceasingAntonyms:
stepwise, discontinuous, intermittent, discrete, disconnected, disjoint, unbroken, broken, interruptedcontinuous(adjective)
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.
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constant, ongoing, uninterrupted, incessant, unceasing, never-ending, connected, unending, continual, unbrokenAntonyms:
discontinuous, broken, stepwise, intermittent, unbroken, disjoint, interrupted, discrete, disconnectedcontinuous(adjective)
Expressing an ongoing action or state.
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connected, unending, continual, ongoing, never-ending, unceasing, incessant, uninterrupted, constant, unbrokenAntonyms:
discontinuous, interrupted, stepwise, disjoint, discrete, unbroken, disconnected, intermittent, broken
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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ceaseless, constant, continual, incessant, invariable, perpetual, regular, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying
Editors Contribution
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Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
continuous(a.)
Synonyms:
connected, continued, extended, unbroken, uninterrupted, unintermitted
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
continuous(a)
Synonyms:
ceaseless, uninterrupted, unceasing, continual, constant, runningAntonyms:
intermittent, occasional, inconstant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "continuous":
continuing, ongoing, continued, continues, constant, continual, uninterrupted, permanent, sustained, on-going, continuously, steady, persistent, lifelong, continue, consecutive, constants, constantly, continuity, standing, continually, fanfold, incessant, seamless, consistent, life-long
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#2007 | continued | |
#2729 | permanent | |
#2792 | connected | |
#2833 | standing | |
#3035 | continuing | |
#3193 | continues | |
#3325 | constant | |
#3367 | consistent | |
#3450 | continuous | |
#4164 | ongoing | |
#5979 | constantly | |
#7181 | steady | |
#8047 | sustained | |
#8332 | consecutive | |
#8862 | continuity | |
#9349 | continuously | |
#9645 | persistent | |
#9706 | continually | |
#12455 | seamless | |
#12771 | lifelong | |
#12776 | constants | |
#14758 | perpetual | |
#19440 | continual | |
#25501 | uninterrupted | |
#34685 | unbroken | |
#45570 | incessant | |
#51368 | unending | |
#69416 | ceaseless | |
#94036 | unremitting | |
#96232 | invariable | |
#101267 | unceasing | |
#185032 | unvarying | |
#240917 | fanfold |
How to use continuous in a sentence?
Risk prediction as science is an evolving process, and there is no question that it will require continuous updating as society evolves and to keep up with contemporary trends and risks, there is no question, though, that these calculators are better than the eyeball test and certainly outperform the physician just saying' I think this person has a 10 % risk' after meeting and looking at them.
The way she operates, whether it's to come up with lines of questioning or lines of messaging, or how to present things to her constituents or to the American people or to the party -- it's continuous listening and talking, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez using social media, that is essentially a practice run and a conversation that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's working and developing.
For illegal behaviour such as the discharge of pollution without permits, there are continuous penalties issued on a daily basis, and they will also be ordered to cut production or shut down.
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Always, there has been some terrible evil at home, or some monstrous foreign power that was going 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.
Dare to ask questions whenever you are not clarified. Never feel too wise or too educated to learn something new from someone else or others. For, you don't know it all and you will never know it all. Yes! learning is meant to be a continuous process.
Translations for continuous
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- непрекъснат, продължителенBulgarian
- অনবচ্ছিন্নBengali
- continuCatalan, Valencian
- kontinuální, nepřetržitý, spojitýCzech
- stetig, kontinuierlichGerman
- continuoSpanish
- pidevEstonian
- استمراری, پیوسته, مستمر, بیوقفه, مداومPersian
- jatkuvaFinnish
- continu, continuelFrench
- sìorScottish Gaelic
- רציףHebrew
- folytonos, folyamatosHungarian
- continuoItalian
- بهردهوامKurdish
- continuusLatin
- tolydinisLithuanian
- tāhuhu, ukiuki, mutungakore, rōnakiMāori
- ononderbroken, continu, onophoudelijk, voortdurend, aanhoudendDutch
- contínuoPortuguese
- continuu, neîntreruptRomanian
- непрерывный, длительныйRussian
- kontinuerligSwedish
- sürekli, devamlıTurkish
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