Synonyms for incessant
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Unceasing
unceasing, constant, unremitting, ceaseless, continuous, never-ending, continual, perpetual, endless, uninterrupted, everlasting informal, eternal, still, perennial, incessive, unending, interminable, persistent, unbroken, sempiternal, unwearied dated, unintermitted dated
Other
unintermittent, continuate dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.
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A similar distinction is made between incessant and ceaseless. The incessant discharge of firearms makes the ceaseless roar of battle.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- constant I rediscovered the importance of constant efforts.
- ceaseless Her ceaseless caterwauling alarmed every dog within a 500-foot radius.
- unceasing Beyond lay the sea, misty and purple, with its haunting, unceasing murmur.
- unremitting The unremitting noise was too much.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incessant | rising | |
| constant | falling | |
| ceaseless | steady | |
| unceasing | steady | |
| unremitting | steady | |
| unintermittent | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- still1
- 7 letters
- endless2, eternal3
- 8 letters
- constant2, unbroken3, unending3
- 9 letters
- perpetual4, perennial4, continual4, ceaseless2, unceasing3, unwearied, incessive
- 10 letters
- continuous4, persistent3, continuate
- 11 letters
- everlasting4, unremitting4, sempiternal
- 12 letters
- interminable5
- 13 letters
- uninterrupted5, unintermitted
- 14 letters
- unintermittent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (endless2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incessant
- Italiano
- incessante
- Deutsch
- unaufhörlich