Adjective continual has 2 senses
- continual - seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"
Antonyms: sporadic, fitful, spasmodic, irregular, unpredictable, isolated, scattered, stray, intermittent, periodic
- continual - `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
Antonyms: discontinuous, noncontinuous (indirect, via continuous)
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