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ceaseless

cease·less

ceaseless

 
pronunciation:
sis lihs
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition: continuous and unending.
The ceaseless noise of the machinery was something to which they'd become accustomed.She was growing tired of the boy's ceaseless questioning.
synonyms:
endless, incessant, interminable, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting
antonyms:
intermittent
similar words:
continual, continuous, eternal, everlasting, persistent, relentless, unbroken
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)ceaseless seemingly
(adj.)ceaseless + noun activity, anxiety, appetite, barrage, call, change, chaos, chatter, chef, cicada, competition, complaint, conflict, conversation, creation, cricket, cry, cycle, demand, droning, drum, effort, fighting, finger, flow, formation, gnawing, hum, hurricane, invention, investigation, labor, litigation, march, mass, minute, monster, motion, movement, noise, pounding, present, pulse, pursuit, quest, rain, repetition, rest, rhythm, roar, search, skin, sound, spending, spin, stream, striving, struggle, subdivision, talent, traffic, transformation, trickle, violence, virtue, wave, wind [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: ceaselessly (adv.), ceaselessness (n.)