Continuous and Lasting

Continuous

Continuous adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Usage example: a city that has been under continuous bombardment for three days

Lasting is a synonym for continuous in long topic. In some cases you can use "Lasting" instead an adjective "Continuous".

Lasting

Lasting adjective - Having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish.

Continuous is a synonym for lasting in long topic. Sometimes you can use "Continuous" instead an adjective "Lasting".

Nearby Words: lasted, lastingly

Both words in one sentence

  • Written Sound Effect Due to its vertical strip format, Tower of God can have long-lasting sound effects written in one continuous string over entire sections of a chapter.
  • Film / Gravity Stone detaching from the structure, is a single, continuous shot lasting about twelve and a half minutes.
  • One of the longest lasting card games on the market aside from M:tG, Yu-gi-oh and the Pokemon CCG, in continuous production since 2002.
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Lasting and Continuous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continuous/lasting
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Lasting or Continuous. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/continuous/lasting.
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