Main entry: continual
Definition: occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
Usage: the continual banging of the shutters
Antonyms: sporadic
Definition: recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
Antonyms: standing
Definition: executed in or initiated from a standing position
Antonyms: standing
Definition: (of fluids) not moving or flowing
Definition: of advancing the ball by throwing it
Definition: completing its life cycle within a year
Definition: having a life cycle lasting two seasons
Antonyms: nonrepetitive
Definition: marked by the absence of repetition
Definition: shed at an early stage of development
Main entry: continual
Definition: `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
Antonyms: discontinuous, noncontinuous
Definition: not continuing without interruption in time or space
Antonyms: discontinuous
Definition: of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities