Synonyms of continuum

continuum

noun

as in spectrum

formal a range or series of things that are slightly different from each other and that exist between two different possibilities

His motives for volunteering lie somewhere on the continuum between charitable and self-serving.

a continuum of temperatures ranging from very cold to very hot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spectrum
• scale
• gamut
• sequence
• range
• progression
• chain
• nexus
• line
• string
• gauntlet
• train
• chain reaction
• consecution
• gantlet
• flow
• cycle
• concatenation
• belt
• catenation
• circle
• river
• catena
• stream
• vicious cycle
• vicious circle
• succession
• file
• row
• queue

Examples of continuum in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In other words, the films sometimes get lost in a continuum of influence and necessity to an informed discourse, rather than being recognized for their aesthetic or rhetorical merits. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024

The columns are decidedly Egyptian in style, asserting the foundational contributions of Black culture and forming a continuum between the vernacular contributions of both the ancient society and the artist’s own community. —Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2024

So, similarly, the space around us looks like a three-dimensional continuum. —Adam Becker, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022

Insights about how the brain processes words could illuminate a vast continuum of human experience. —Emily Makowski, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2024