continuumnoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈtɪn.ju.əm/us/kənˈtɪn.ju.əm/plural continua uk/-ə/uscontinuums specializedsomething that changes in character gradually or in very slight stages without any clear dividing points:
It's not "left-wing or right-wing" - political opinion is a long continuum.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Keeping and staying the same
- consistency
- consistent
- control
- fastness
- firm
- fixed
- flat
- leave
- leave well alone idiom
- level
- level off
- remain
- seamless
- stability
- stable
- steady
- unchanged
- undisturbed
- wallow in sth
- wouldn't have it any other way idiom
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