ceaseless

[ sees-lis ]

adjective

1. without stop or pause; unending; incessant.

   Synonyms: unceasing, constant, continuous, endless

ceaseless

/ ˈsiːslɪs /

adjective

1. without stop or pause; incessant

Derived Forms

• ˈceaselessly, adverb

Other Words From

• ceaseless·ly adverb
• ceaseless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceaseless¹

First recorded in 1580–90; cease + -less

Example Sentences

Like the record-breaking heat waves and the ceaseless mega-fires, the decline of the Colorado River has been faster than expected.

From ProPublica

Such a catastrophe would not have surprised the global circle of scientists who monitor the bacterial world’s ceaseless struggle against the antibiotics we use to contain it.

From MIT Technology Review

The news coverage was ceaseless and all-caps — in format and tone.

From Washington Post

It was as if experiencing the ceaseless changing and rhythmic cycles of the natural world helped me realize the changeable nature of my own body.

From Outside Online

Both of them are little bundles of seemingly ceaseless energy.

From The Daily Beast

The work is ceaseless and routine to the point of tedium—and almost half of primary-care physicians are burnt out.

From The Daily Beast

So what should one do about this ceaseless propaganda campaign against Venezuela?

From The Daily Beast

The GOP had to abandon the ceaseless pursuit of the last white guy in Mississippi at the expense of alienating the mainstream.

From The Daily Beast

Once I turned on my recorder, Schwarzenegger was off on a ceaseless monologue, touting his book like a sideshow barker.

From The Daily Beast

Before he faced Lettice, he must forget a moment—forget his fears, his hopes, his ceaseless torment of belief and doubt.

From Project Gutenberg

I lay against a corner of the stockade seat, listening to the wind whispering and to the ceaseless drip-drip of the trees.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus it may well come about that our coast lines are swaying up and down in ceaseless variation.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a ceaseless chorus of distant machinery, and above it rose the grinding and rattling solo of a steam winch.

From Project Gutenberg

Nature is in ceaseless progress, the universe is a perpetual growth, ascent is the supreme law.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• constant
• continual
• continuous
• endless
• incessant
• nonstop
• perpetual
• unceasing
• unending
• unremitting