Standard Lemma guide

nonstop

adj · adv · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/ of Canada
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˌnɔnˈstɔp/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/
  • rhymes with -ɒp
  • CMU ARPABET: N AA2 N S T AA1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Without stopping; without interruption or break.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Without stopping; without interruption or break

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ceaselessly, endlessly, incessantly, consecutively, constantly, continently, continually, continuously, eternally, ever, everlastingly, extendedly, infinitely, never-endingly, nonstop, ongoingly, perpetually, persistently, relentlessly, steadily, successively, unbrokenly, unceasingly, unendingly, unintermittedly, uninterruptedly, unrelentingly, unrelievedly, unremittingly, unstoppingly

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, tourism, transport, travel

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

at all times

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • around-the-clock nursing care

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: around-the-clock, day-and-night, round-the-clock

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

(of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a nonstop flight to Atlanta

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adverb

Meaning 9

without stopping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we are flying nonstop form New York to Tokyo

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • how many nonstops are there to Dallas?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonstop flight

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flight

History

Etymology

From non- + stop.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: без прека́чване (bez prekáčvane) — without stopping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不停的 (bùtíng de) — without stopping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬不停蹄的 /马不停蹄的 (mǎbùtíngtí de) — without stopping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 直達的 /直达的 — without stopping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 直达的 (zhídá de) — without stopping
  • Dutch: non-stop — without stopping
  • Finnish: tauoton — without stopping
  • Finnish: välilaskuton — without stopping
  • French: sans arrêt — without stopping
  • French: sans escale — without stopping
  • German: ununterbrochen — without stopping
  • German: durchgehend — without stopping
  • Hungarian: folyamatos — without stopping
  • Hungarian: folytonos — without stopping
  • Hungarian: nonstop — without stopping
  • Japanese: ノンストップ (nonsutoppu) — without stopping
  • Japanese: 直行 (chokkō) — without stopping
  • Māori: hūrokuroku — without stopping
  • Persian: یکسره (yeksare) — without stopping
  • Persian: بدون توقف (bedune tavaqqof) — without stopping
  • Polish: nieprzerwany — without stopping
  • Polish: bezpośredni — without stopping
  • Polish: non stop — without stopping
  • Portuguese: sem parar — without stopping
  • Romanian: nonstop — without stopping
  • Russian: безостано́вочный (bezostanóvočnyj) — without stopping
  • Russian: беспоса́дочный (besposádočnyj) — without stopping
  • Spanish: sin parar — without stopping
  • Vietnamese: thẳng — without stopping
  • Armenian: անդադար (andadar) — without stopping
  • Armenian: անընդմեջ (anəndmeǰ) — without stopping
  • Armenian: անընդհատ (anəndhat) — without stopping
  • Bulgarian: непрекъ́снато (neprekǎ́snato) — without stopping
  • Bulgarian: но́нсто́п (nónstóp) — without stopping
  • Esperanto: senhalte — without stopping
  • Finnish: yhteen menoon — without stopping
  • Finnish: tauotta — without stopping
  • Finnish: putkeen — without stopping
  • Finnish: yhtä soittoa — without stopping
  • Galician: a eito — without stopping
  • Galician: arreo — without stopping
  • German: pausenlos — without stopping
  • German: nonstop — without stopping
  • Hungarian: folyamatosan — without stopping
  • Hungarian: folytonosan — without stopping
  • Ingrian: yhtäperrää — without stopping
  • Polish: nieprzerwanie — without stopping
  • Polish: bez przerwy — without stopping
  • Polish: bez przestanku — without stopping
  • Polish: bez ustanku — without stopping
  • Polish: nieustannie — without stopping
  • Polish: cały czas — without stopping
  • Polish: ciągle — without stopping
  • Polish: ciurkiem — without stopping
  • Russian: непрерывно (nepreryvno) — without stopping
  • Russian: беспрерывно (bespreryvno) — without stopping
  • Tamil: நிற்காமல் (niṟkāmal) — without stopping
  • Tamil: தொடர்ந்து (toṭarntu) — without stopping
  • Thai: อย่างไม่หยุดไม่หย่อน — without stopping
  • Turkish: ara vermeden — without stopping
  • Turkish: durmadan — without stopping
  • Turkish: kesintisiz — without stopping
  • Turkish: durmaksızın — without stopping
  • German: Nonstop — nonstop journey, especially a flight
  • Bulgarian: денонощен (denonošten) — convenience store open 24 hours a day
  • Czech: nonstop — convenience store open 24 hours a day
  • Hungarian: nonstop — convenience store open 24 hours a day
  • Portuguese: 24 horas — convenience store open 24 hours a day
  • Romanian: nonstop — convenience store open 24 hours a day