Synonyms: uninterrupted
Definition: having undisturbed continuity
Usage: a convalescent needs uninterrupted sleep
Similar words: unbroken
Definition: marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence
Usage: cars in an unbroken procession; the unbroken quiet of the afternoon
Synonyms: uninterrupted, continuous
Definition: continuing in time or space without interruption
Usage: 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
Similar words: day-and-night, round-the-clock, around-the-clock, nonstop
Definition: at all times
Usage: around-the-clock nursing care
Similar words: never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, incessant, constant, ceaseless, unremitting
Definition: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Usage: the ceaseless thunder of surf; in constant pain; night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city; the never-ending search for happiness; the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy; man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation; unremitting demands of hunger
Similar words: continual
Definition: `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
Similar words: dogging, persisting
Definition: relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit
Usage: impossible to escape the dogging fears
Similar words: endless
Definition: having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole
Usage: an endless chain
Similar words: free burning, sustained
Definition: (of an electric arc) continuous
Usage: heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs
Similar words: straight, consecutive
Definition: successive (without a break)
Usage: sick for five straight days
Similar words: sustained
Definition: maintained at length without interruption or weakening
Usage: sustained flight