ceaseless

1. 1.

   uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

   “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”

   Synonymsconstantincessantnever-endingperpetualunceasingunremitting

   Similarcontinuous

Other forms of ceaseless

comparative

ceaselesser·

superlative

ceaselessest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ceaseless

What does ceaseless mean?

ceaseless means "uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing".

How many syllables are in ceaseless?

ceaseless has 2 syllables: cease-less. The stress falls on "cease". In IPA it is /ˈsislɪs/.

What is another word for ceaseless?

Close synonyms include constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ceaseless a common word?

ceaseless is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.