CONTINUING Synonyms: 132 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

kən-ˈtin-yü-iŋ

Definition of continuing

as in continued

going on and on without any interruptions the continuing success of the chain as it opens stores around the country

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Relevance

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as in ongoing

having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish the public's continuing interest in every aspect of the lives of celebrities

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continuing

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verb

present participle of continue

as in remaining

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state the heavy snow continued throughout the night

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as in resuming

to begin again or return to after an interruption we'll continue this discussion after we've eaten

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Recent Examples of continuing

Adjective

Officials said overnight enforcement will focus on common and continuing offenses such as commercial vehicles parked in residential areas and permit violations. — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025 State of the labor market Initial weekly unemployment insurance claims have held in a fairly steady range around 220,000, though continuing claims earlier in November had hit their highest level in about three years. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024 What’s your advice for staying in the game so long and continuing adventures late into life? — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024 The calculus changes in places like public bathrooms, where there’s a reasonable and continuing expectation of privacy. — Victoria Song, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2024

Verb

The women’s basketball team recently faced off against the Atlanta Dream in game three of the WNBA Finals, continuing a whirlwind season for the league’s most valuable franchise. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 There is little benefit in continuing to pay for an old version of your life. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026 With the number of active satellites and debris objects in space continuing to increase, the space environment is under growing pressure. — David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Opponents of Proposition 40 are concerned that the threat of wealth taxes will lead to billionaires continuing to leave the state, resulting in a long-term decrease in state income tax revenue. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Advertisement Meanwhile, oil exports from the Middle East topped prewar levels last week, marking a rebound in regional oil shipments despite continuing security risks. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 And with El Niño continuing to surge past records, more rainy days like Wednesday and Thursday will grow increasingly common statewide into the winter months, even more so than a usual winter. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 California, in particular, has a long history of sterilization, beginning in the first decade of the 20th century and continuing into the 21st. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026 Trump's continuing criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and praise of Putin only give Putin further confidence the United States is not serious about imposing more severe sanctions. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for continuing

Adjective

The continued hostilities have heightened concerns about the vulnerability of Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure, with traders increasingly focused on the risk of a major disruption to production, refining or export facilities.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Illustration by Ximo Abadía The Broadway musical astonishes us by its continued existence.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of continued

Adjective

The classmate, Joleene Altum, sued Griffin for emotional distress and invasion of privacy, and Griffin countersued for defamation in a bitter, ongoing legal battle.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The investigation into the violence was ongoing, and police asked witnesses to come forward.

— Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of ongoing

Verb

The American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative group of state legislators and private-sector members, cast it as part of a growing bipartisan movement and urged the remaining states to follow.

— Lara Murray-Sterzel, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Capital One management said that headwind would roughly offset the remaining Discover synergies.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of remaining

Verb

Abrosimov said resuming serial production would strengthen Russia’s technological independence and support the long-term development of its Long-Range Aviation fleet and the airborne component of the country’s nuclear triad.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
By Thursday, the situation changed once more, with Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries resuming as Starlink and Starshield services had been restored to full capacity, as an unnamed Ukrainian official told Axios.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of resuming

Adjective

The real cost of RPM lies in building workflows, interoperable systems, secure infrastructure and skilled teams that turn continuous data into timely action.

— Ayush Jain, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
The only way to keep the mirrors pristine is to pump a continuous hurricane of hydrogen gas into the supernova’s blast radius.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of continuous

Verb

Eisenkot urged him to do so, arguing that military force without a diplomatic strategy could not deliver a lasting victory.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
Rasmussen gave up three runs in 3 2/3 innings, his shortest start since lasting just 2 1/3 innings in a 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees on July 9.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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