nonstop

Examples

• All

• Its domestic service is limited to fifteen cities, with 328 nonstop flights a week.

  Academic text (1990)

• In 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris.

  Academic text (2000)

• Anyway, the rain has been nonstop, just like the fun.

• And this goes on day after day, nonstop, I mean, for years and years.

• I've been using this nonstop for like the past few months.

• Thirty-nine hours of nonstop entertainment.

  Where the Truth Lies (2005)

• Only three of the thirty-seven California cities with commercial air service have nonstop connections with New York.

  Academic text (1990)

• After a morning of nonstop gusting, the change was as dramatic as a full eclipse.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Our brain is a crowded chemistry lab bustling with nonstop neural conversations.

  Lex Fridman

• The concert featured nonstop music that entertained the audience for hours.

Synonyms

C

constant

vsnonstop

198 2.5

Happens all the time without stopping

describes ongoing action rather than steady repeated patterns

C

continuous

vsnonstop

141 3.7

Without a break or gap, for example in a curve

is the everyday phrase for that uninterrupted occurrence

R

relentless

vsnonstop

131 5.1

Keeps going without stopping and stays very strong

means continuous but without the harsh intensity element

D

day-and-night

vsnonstop

97 3.9

Happening at all times, day and night

is broader, applying to any continuous timing not only day cycles

N

never-ending

vsnonstop

58 3.1

Continuing for a very long time with no end

is about uninterrupted occurrence rather than implying endless time

I

incessant

vsnonstop

30 6.3

Happening all the time without stopping

is similar but does not stress constant repetition

U

uninterrupted

vsnonstop

28 4.2

Continuing without stopping or being disturbed

highlights the same continuous flow rather than pauses

R

round-the-clock

vsnonstop

24 3.9

Happening all day and all night without stopping

applies generally to ongoing events beyond just day and night

S

sustained

vsnonstop

22 3.9

Lasting a long time without stopping or getting weaker

stresses simple uninterrupted duration rather than strength or intensity

U

unending

vsnonstop

19 4.1

Lasting a long time without stopping

refers to uninterrupted action but not necessarily forever

U

unbroken

vsnonstop

10 3.9

Without stopping in time or space

highlights same continuous timing rather than physical wholeness

C

ceaseless

vsnonstop

9 4.9

Not stopping or pausing for a long time

keeps to actual uninterrupted action rather than the feeling of forever

A

around-the-clock

vsnonstop

8 3.2

Happening all day and night without stopping

means ongoing without pauses but not only tied to day-night times

U

unceasing

vsnonstop

1 6.0

Continuing without stopping

means continuous but without implying eternal duration

U

unintermitted

vsnonstop

• Archaic

9.6

Happening without stopping

emphasizes continuity rather than any added intensity

U

unpunctuated

vsnonstop

6.0

Expressed without pauses or breaks

describes the same uninterrupted timing, not the expression form

U

unstopping

vsnonstop

5.1

Continuing without stopping

is about plain uninterrupted continuation rather than feeling of motion

U

undisrupted

vsnonstop

4.6

Continuing without any break

matches uninterrupted meaning but adds smoothness emphasis

Antonyms

I

interrupted

3.4

Happening with short pauses that stop and start again

Compounds

N

nonstop flight

3 2.7

A flight that goes directly from one place to another without stopping

How Continuous

nonstop

42 1.3

continuous

141 3.7

intermittent

35 6.5

sporadic

35 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology