round the clock
Without any break
Round the clock means continuously, without stopping, throughout the entire day and night.
The phrase evokes a clock's hands completing full rotations: Rescue crews worked round the clock to find survivors.
Often hyphenated when used as an adjective: round-the-clock care, round-the-clock surveillance.
Also appears as around the clock.
Without pause or break
- uninterruptedContinuing without a stop
- ceaselessWithout interruption or end
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- perpetualLasting without interruption
incessant · endless · unbroken · sustained · unremitting · day-and-night · all-hours · continual
Wholly committed to something
- diligentPersistently attentive to tasks
- hardworkingCommitted to sustained effort
- industriousDevoted to steady effort
- unflaggingPersistently energetic
indefatigable · assiduous · energetic · vigilant · attentive · committed · devoted · relentless
Complete in every detail
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- extensiveCovering a large scope
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
- all-outWith complete effort
full-scale · complete · systematic · exhaustive · demanding · grueling · concentrated · focused
nonstop
Without pause or break
- uninterruptedContinuing without a stop
- ceaselessWithout interruption or end
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
perpetual · incessant · endless · unbroken · sustained · unremitting · day-and-night · all-hours · continual · ongoing
dedicated
Wholly committed to something
- diligentPersistently attentive to tasks
- hardworkingCommitted to sustained effort
- industriousDevoted to steady effort
unflagging · indefatigable · assiduous · energetic · vigilant · attentive · committed · devoted · relentless · persevering
thorough
Complete in every detail
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- extensiveCovering a large scope
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
all-out · full-scale · complete · systematic · exhaustive · demanding · grueling · concentrated · focused · sustained
- caregivingcaregiver, take care, nurture, look after, compassionate care
- Dice GamesYahtzee, craps, poker dice, chuck-a-luck, hazard
- pub gamesdarts, snooker, skittles, dominoes, cribbage
- Always wordsalways, forever, constantly, continuously, eternally
- dartsdart, darts, dartboard, bullseye, treble
- dosing instructionsdaily, twice daily, three times daily, once daily, every 4 hours
round the clockintermittent
Occurring at irregular intervals
on and off · discontinuous · sporadic · part-time · off and on
round the clockoccasionally
At infrequent intervals
sporadically · sometimes · infrequently · rarely · seldom
round, clock, timely, clockwork, clocked, clockwise, clocker, anticlockwise, round-the-clock