ceaseless

Examples

• All

• The fighting's been heavy, almost ceaseless, in the past week.

  Wilson (1944)

• Damp winds, cold as ice, assailed the mountain, striking ceaseless harsh blows at everything in their path.

  Fiction book (1993)

• And since his death, her life had been a ceaseless quest to prove him right.

  Fiction book (1995)

• It would be better had he not been born at all, than to suffer this ceaseless pain.

• This ceaseless fight against the drug traffic is directed by the Department of Narcotics, Washington.

  Tell Your Children (1938)

• Just staring straight ahead at the window, at the ceaseless rain scrubbing away at the city.

  Fiction book (1995)

• But there was only the lapping of the black and ceaseless waves at the sides of the raft.

  Fiction book (2002)

• It's against this background of seeking satisfaction amid ceaseless change that you can see how radical an act meditation actually is.

• A ceaseless cycle of unending drudgery.

  The Ten Commandments (1956)

• There is a hum, a tapping, as they fly in figure eights in a ceaseless quest for the lamp.

  Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

E

eternal

vsceaseless

362 4.3

Lasting forever without end

is more about continuous action and the sense of never pausing

E

endless

vsceaseless

350 2.5

Continuing for a very long time and not stopping

is closer to ongoing action without pause rather than only vast duration

C

constant

vsceaseless

198 2.5

Happens all the time without stopping

leans more toward seeming to never end rather than just long duration

R

relentless

vsceaseless

131 5.1

Keeps going without stopping and stays very strong

is less about force and more about ongoing, never pausing continuation

P

perpetual

vsceaseless

93 5.8

Lasting for a very long time without stopping

adds a subtler idea of seeming endless rather than strict forever duration

N

never-ending

vsceaseless

58 3.1

Continuing for a very long time with no end

is similar but slightly more neutral about the feeling of endlessness

N

nonstop

vsceaseless

42 1.3

Continuing without any stops or pauses

adds the idea that it feels as if it will never finish

E

everlasting

vsceaseless

39 4.5

Lasting forever without end

focuses more on ongoing continuation and seeming never to stop

I

incessant

vsceaseless

30 6.3

Happening all the time without stopping

stresses ongoing continuation with an added sense of seeming endless

U

uninterrupted

vsceaseless

28 4.2

Continuing without stopping or being disturbed

adds a stronger sense of endlessness or never seeming to stop

U

unrelenting

vsceaseless

28 7.0

Not stopping and not getting less strong

is steadier and focuses on continuous duration rather than intensity

U

unending

vsceaseless

19 4.1

Lasting a long time without stopping

is similar but is used more for continuous action without pause

I

interminable

vsceaseless

13 7.5

Lasting a very long time and making you bored or annoyed

is similar in duration but more neutral and less about boredom

U

undying

vsceaseless

2 5.5

Something that lasts forever and never ends

is more about unbroken continuation rather than literal immortality

U

unremitting

vsceaseless

1 8.5

Continuing without stopping or getting weaker, often in a bad way

is more neutral and stresses the sense of never seeming to finish

U

unceasing

vsceaseless

1 6.0

Continuing without stopping

focuses more on the impression of never ending rather than just not stopping

U

unstopping

vsceaseless

5.1

Continuing without stopping

is the same idea but emphasizes seeming to never end

U

unpunctuated

vsceaseless

6.0

Expressed without pauses or breaks

is similar but highlights the impression of never-ending continuation

Antonyms

T

temporary

557 3.0

Lasting for a short time and not permanent

I

intermittent

35 6.5

Happening sometimes but not all the time

How Continuous

ceaseless

9 4.9

continuous

141 3.7

frequent

234 1.0

occasional

285 2.8

sporadic

35 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology