continual

Main Entry:
continual [kuhn-tin-yoo-uhl]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: constant, incessant
Synonyms: aeonian, around-the-clock, ceaseless, connected, consecutive, continuous, dateless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, frequent, interminable, oft-repeated, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, recurrent, regular, relentless, repeated, repetitive, running, staying, steady, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unending, unfailing, unflagging, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying, unwaning
Notes: continually means 'repeatedly, with breaks in between' and continuously means 'without interruption, in an unbroken stream'; continual typically refers to time while continuous can refer to space as well as time
Antonyms: broken, ceasing, checked, halting, inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary
Main Entry: chronic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: incessant, never-ending
Synonyms: abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, ever-present, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, lingering, long-lived, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, persisting, prolonged, protracted, recurrent, recurring, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unabating, unmitigated, unyielding, usual
Notes: acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration
chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments
Antonyms: curable, eradicable, intermittent, occasional, temporary
Main Entry: constant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fixed
Synonyms: connected, consistent, continual, equable, even, firm, habitual, homogeneous, immutable, invariable, like the Rock of Gibralter, monochrome, monophonic, monotonous, nonstop, of a piece, permanent, perpetual, regular, regularized, solid as rock, stabile, stable, standardized, steadfast, steady, together, unalterable, unbroken, unchanging, unflappable, unfluctuating, uniform, uninterrupted, unvarying
Antonyms: changeable, fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, irregular, unstable, unsteady, varying, wavering
Main Entry: constant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: neverending
Synonyms: abiding, ceaseless, chronic, continual, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, incessant, interminable, lasting, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, persisting, relentless, sustained, unending, uninterrupted, unrelenting, unremitting
Antonyms: concluding, ending, interrupted, stopping, terminable, terminating
Main Entry: endless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not stopping, not finishing
Synonyms: amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, countless, deathless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, illimitable, immeasurable, immortal, incalculable, incessant, indeterminate, infinite, interminable, limitless, measureless, monotonous, multitudinous, never-ending, no end of, no end to, numberless, overlong, perpetual, self-perpetuating, unbounded, unbroken, undivided, undying, unending, unfathomable, uninterrupted, unlimited, unsurpassable, untold, without end
Antonyms: bounded, completing, ending, finishing, limited, passing, stopping, terminable
Main Entry: eternal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without pause; endless
Synonyms: abiding, ageless, always, amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continued, continuous, dateless, deathless, enduring, everlasting, forever, illimitable, immemorial, immortal, immutable, imperishable, incessant, indefinite, indestructible, infinite, interminable, lasting, never-ending, perdurable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, relentless, termless, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, undying, unending, unfading, uninterrupted, unremitting, without end
Antonyms: brief, changeable, changing, ending, ephemeral, stopping, temporary, terminable, transient
Main Entry: even
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: flat, uniform
Synonyms: alike, balanced, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, direct, equal, flush, homogenous, horizontal, level, matching, metrical, parallel, planate, plane, plumb, proportional, regular, right, same, smooth, square, stabile, stable, steady, straight, surfaced, true, unbroken, unchanging, undeviating, unfluctuating, uninterrupted, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwrinkled
Antonyms: broken, different, disparate, irregular, rough, uneven
Main Entry: everlasting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: infinite, never-ending
Synonyms: abiding, amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, eternal, immortal, imperishable, incessant, indestructible, interminable, lasting, limitless, perdurable, permanent, perpetual, termless, timeless, unceasing, undying, unending, uninterrupted, unremitting
Antonyms: ceasing, concluding, ending, temporary, terminating, transient
Main Entry: frequent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: common, repeated
Synonyms: a good many, commonplace, constant, continual, customary, everyday, expected, familiar, general, habitual, incessant, intermittent, iterated, manifold, many, monotonous, numberless, numerous, periodic, perpetual, persistent, pleonastic, profuse, recurrent, recurring, redundant, reiterated, reiterative, successive, thick, ubiquitous, usual, various
Antonyms: inconstant, infrequent, irregular, occasional, rare, sporadic, uncommon, unrepeated, unusual
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