nonstop
Meanings
Plural: nonstops
Noun
- a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination
- "how many nonstops are there to Dallas?"
- A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
- A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.
- A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.
Adjective Satellite
- (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops
- "a nonstop flight to Atlanta"
- at all times
Adverb
- without stopping
- "we are flying nonstop form New York to Tokyo"
Adj
- Without stopping; without interruption or break.
- Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.
Adv
- Without stopping; without interruption or break
Origin / Etymology
From non- + stop.
Synonyms
around-the-clock, ceaselessly, consecutively, constantly, continually, continuously, day-and-night, endlessly, eternally, everlastingly, extendedly, incessantly, infinitely, neverendingly, nonstop, nonstop flight, ongoingly, perpetually, persistently, relentlessly, round-the-clock, steadily, successively, unbrokenly, unceasingly, unendingly, unintermittedly, uninterruptedly, unrelentingly, unrelievedly, unremittingly, unstoppingly
Scrabble Score: 9
nonstop is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordnonstop is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nonstop is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary