nonstop
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
Adjective
- Continuing without interruption or pauses.
Examples
- He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.
- His NONSTOP string of seven-letter words left his opponent breathless.
- There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.
Origin / Etymology
From non- + stop.
Synonyms
around-the-clock, day-and-night, nonstop flight, round-the-clock, ceaselessly, consecutively, constantly, continually, continuously, endlessly, eternally, everlastingly, extendedly, incessantly, infinitely, neverendingly, nonstop, ongoingly, perpetually, persistently, relentlessly, steadily, successively, unbrokenly, unceasingly, unendingly, unintermittedly, uninterruptedly, unrelentingly, unrelievedly, unremittingly, unstoppingly
Scrabble Score: 9
nonstop: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnonstop: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nonstop: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary