ceaseless

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/ˈsiːsləs/

adjective

Without an end.

Similar
constantincessantnever-endingperpetualunceasingunremittingcontinuousuninterrupted
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English cease →
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Meanings

adjectiveceaseless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout an end.
  2. not comparableWithout stop or pause, incessant.

    Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.

    2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveuninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

Similar
constantincessantnever-endingperpetualunceasingunremittingcontinuousuninterrupted
Also see
constantcontinuatecontinuousdreichendlessincessantincessivenever-endingperpetualstillunceasinguninterruptedunremittingunwearied

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincēdō
  2. Latincessō
  3. Middle Frenchcesser
  4. Middle Englishcesen
  5. Englishcease
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  8. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  9. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  10. Englishceaseless

From cease + -less.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄπαυστος, ἀδιάλειπτος
  • ἄπαυστος (ápaustos)without an end
  • ἀδιάλειπτος (adiáleiptos)without an end
Bulgarian безспирен, непрестанен
  • безспирен (bezspiren)without an end
  • непрестанен (neprestanen)without an end
Czech neustálý, ustavičný
  • neustálýwithout an end
  • ustavičnýwithout an end
  • nepřetržitýincessant
Esperanto senĉesa
  • senĉesawithout an end
French incessant
  • incessantwithout an end
German endlos
  • endloswithout an end
Greek ανειρήνευτος, ακατάπαυστος
  • ανειρήνευτος (aneiríneftos)without an end
  • ακατάπαυστος (akatápafstos)without an end
  • ατελείωτος (ateleíotos)without an end
  • ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos)without an end
Italian incessante
  • incessantewithout an end
Latin iūgis
  • iūgiswithout an end
Polish bezustanny
  • bezustannywithout an end
Romanian neîncetat
  • neîncetatwithout an end
Slovak neustály
  • neustálywithout an end
Tagalog walang-likat
  • walang-likatwithout an end
Turkish sonsuz
  • sonsuzwithout an end
Cite this entry
APA

ceaseless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceaseless

MLA

“ceaseless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceaseless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ceaseless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceaseless.

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