continuous
Meaning of continuous
- forming an unbroken whole; without interruption.
the whole performance is enacted in one continuous movement
- another term for progressive (sense 3 of the adjective).
mid 17th century: from Latin continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’) + -ous.
Information about continuous
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which continuous is used:
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Hyphenation of continuous
con-tin-u-ous
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- continuous is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
continuous synonyms
Meaning uninterrupted:
Meaning having no interruptions:
Meaning not interrupted or disturbed; continuous:
Meaning occurring continuously over a period of time:
Meaning constant and unending:
Meaning (of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption:
Meaning regular, even, and continuous in development, frequency, or intensity:
Meaning continuing for an extended period or without interruption:
Meaning (of time) uninterrupted; continuous:
Meaning without a break in continuity; ongoing:
Meaning continuing; still in progress:
Meaning not coming to an end; continuous:
Meaning lasting or intended to last or remain unchanged indefinitely:
Meaning continuing to exist or occur over a prolonged period:
Meaning never relaxing or slackening; incessant:
Meaning unceasingly intense:
Meaning not giving way to kindness or compassion:
Meaning not weakening or losing intensity:
Meaning lacking variation or change; monotonous:
Meaning having or seeming to have no end or limit:
Meaning countless or continual:
Meaning never ending or changing:
Meaning lasting forever or a very long time:
Meaning seeming to last or persist forever, especially on account of being tedious or annoying:
Meaning endless or apparently endless (often used hyperbolically):
Meaning following each other continuously:
Meaning continuous or recurring over a long period:
continuous antonyms
Meaning occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady:
Meaning occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated:
Translation of continuous
- German: ununterbrochen, anhaltend, andauernd
- French: continu, permanent
- Spanish: incesante, sostenido, continuo, sostenida, continua, permanente
- Italian: continuo, incessante, ininterrotto, permanente
Words that rhyme with continuous
conspicuous, imperspicuous, inconspicuous, innocuous, intertranspicuous, nocuous, nonpromiscuous, nonvacuous, pascuous, perspicuous, proficuous, promiscuous, semiconspicuous, semiperspicuous, transpicuous, unconspicuous, uninnocuous, unperspicuous, unpromiscuous, unvacuous, vacuous, arduous, assiduous, biduous, ceduous, deciduous, dividuous, fastiduous, indeciduous, individuous, nondeciduous, occiduous, predeciduous, residuous, superarduous, unarduous, unassiduous, viduous, ambiguous, contiguous, discontiguous, exiguous, incontiguous, irriguous, nonambiguous, noncontiguous, subcontiguous, unambiguous, uncontiguous, xiphuous