'Continual' definitions:
Definition of 'continual'
From: WordNet
adjective
Occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters" [ant: sporadic]
adjective
`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
Definition of 'Continual'
From: GCIDE
- Continual \Con*tin"u*al\, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue.]
- 1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. [1913 Webster]
- He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. --Prov. xv. 15. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated. [1913 Webster]
- The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. --W. Irwing. [1913 Webster]
- Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued proportion. --Brande & C.
- Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'continual'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ageless,
- articulated,
- catenated,
- ceaseless,
- chattering,
- coeternal,
- concatenated,
- connected,
- constant,
- continued,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- cyclical,
- dateless,
- direct,
- endless,
- eternal,
- eterne,
- ever-being,
- ever-durable,
- ever-during,
- everlasting,
- everliving,
- featureless,
- gapless,
- immediate,
- immemorial,
- incessant,
- indestructible,
- infinite,
- interminable,
- joined,
- jointless,
- linked,
- machine gun,
- monotonous,
- never-ceasing,
- never-ending,
- nonstop,
- nonterminating,
- nonterminous,
- olamic,
- oscillating,
- perdurable,
- perennial,
- periodic,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- pulsating,
- rapid,
- recurrent,
- regular,
- repeated,
- repetitive,
- round-the-clock,
- running,
- seamless,
- sempiternal,
- serried,
- smooth,
- stable,
- staccato,
- steady,
- straight,
- stuttering,
- sustained,
- timeless,
- twenty-four-hour,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchanging,
- undifferentiated,
- unending,
- uniform,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unrelieved,
- unremitting,
- unstopped,
- unvarying,
- vibrating,
- without end
Words containing 'Continual'
- Continuable,
- Continually,
- Continuance,
- Continuant,
- Continuate,
- Continuation,
- Continuative,
- Continuator,
- Continue,
- Continued,
- Continuedly,
- Continuer,
- Continuing,
- Continuities,
- Continuity,
- Continuous,
- Continuously,
- Continuousness,
- Continual proportionals,
- Continued bass,
- Continued fever,
- Continued fraction,
- Continued proportion,
- Continuous brake,
- Continuous impost,
- Law of continuity,
- Solution of continuity,
- continuant consonant,
- continuing education,
- continuing trespass,
- continuous current,
- continuous tense,
- good continuation,
- law of continuation,
- continuity army council,
- continuous creation theory,
- continuous receiver watch,
- continuity irish republican army