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To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (verb) continue

Synonyms: continue Definition: exist over a prolonged period of time Usage: The bad weather continued for two more weeks

Hypernyms: be Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer

Synonyms: carry on, go on, continue, proceed Definition: continue talking Usage: I know it's hard, he continued, but there is no choice; carry on--pretend we are not in the room

Hypernyms: talk, speak Definition: exchange thoughts; talk with Usage: We often talk business; Actions talk louder than words

Synonyms: continue, proceed, go forward Definition: move ahead; travel onward in time or space Usage: We proceeded towards Washington; She continued in the direction of the hills; We are moving ahead in time now

Hypernyms: go, locomote, travel, move Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast

Synonyms: continue, retain, keep, keep on Definition: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature Usage: We cannot continue several servants any longer; She retains a lawyer; The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff; Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on; We kept the work going as long as we could; She retained her composure; this garment retains its shape even after many washings

Hypernyms: prolong, keep up, sustain Definition: lengthen or extend in duration or space Usage: We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible; prolong the treatment of the patient; keep up the good work

Synonyms: preserve, uphold, carry on, bear on, continue Definition: keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last Usage: preserve the peace in the family; continue the family tradition; Carry on the old traditions

Hypernyms: keep, maintain, hold Definition: keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean" Usage: hold in place; She always held herself as a lady; The students keep me on my toes

Synonyms: proceed, continue, keep, go along, go on Definition: continue a certain state, condition, or activity Usage: Keep on working!; We continued to work into the night; Keep smiling; We went on working until well past midnight

Hypernyms: move, act Definition: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) Usage: think before you act; We must move quickly; The governor should act on the new energy bill; The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel

Synonyms: extend, cover, continue Definition: span an interval of distance, space or time Usage: The war extended over five years; The period covered the turn of the century; My land extends over the hills on the horizon; This farm covers some 200 acres; The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles

Hypernyms: be Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?

Synonyms: remain, stay, stay on, continue Definition: continue in a place, position, or situation Usage: After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser; Stay with me, please; despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year; She continued as deputy mayor for another year

Hypernyms: be Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer

Synonyms: continue Definition: continue after an interruption Usage: The demonstration continued after a break for lunch

Hypernyms: move, act Definition: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) Usage: think before you act; We must move quickly; The governor should act on the new energy bill; The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel

Synonyms: continue, persist in Definition: do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop Usage: We continued our research into the cause of the illness; The landlord persists in asking us to move

Hypernyms: move, act Definition: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) Usage: think before you act; We must move quickly; The governor should act on the new energy bill; The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel