nonstop C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/ UK /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj without any stops or pauses; continuous They took a nonstop flight from London to Tokyo. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · without any stops or... continuousceaselessincessantuninterruptedendlessconstantunremitting ↔ Opposites intermittentsporadic Word family Related forms stop Etymology AI details A compound of non- ('not') + stop, the latter from Old English stoppian ('to block, plug up'), of West Germanic origin. non Latin stoppian Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # nonstop **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ ## Meanings 1. without any stops or pauses; continuous ## Examples - They took a nonstop flight from London to Tokyo. ## Synonyms - continuous - ceaseless - incessant - uninterrupted - endless - constant - unremitting ## Antonyms - intermittent - sporadic ## Related Forms - stop ## Roots and Affixes - Root: non - Root: stoppian - Affix: non- - not ## Etymology A compound of non- ('not') + stop, the latter from Old English stoppian ('to block, plug up'), of West Germanic origin. ## AI Etymology Nonstop is a compound of non- ('not') + stop, the latter from Old English stoppian ('to block, plug up'), of West Germanic origin. The historical trail runs through Latin non and Old English stoppian. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means without any stops or pauses; continuous. Related forms include stop. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown