2. perpetual, endless, unending, never-ending, interminable, Sisyphean, eternal, everlasting; ceaseless, incessant, unceasing, nonstop, uninterrupted, continual, continuous, unbroken; unremitting, unintermitting, relentless, persistent; recurrent, repeated, frequent, habitual.
3. faithful, devoted, loyal, staunch, tried and true, trustworthy, true-hearted; steadfast, unwavering, unfaltering, undeviating, unswerving, reliable, dependable; resolute, determined, serious, decided, undaunted, indomitable; persevering, industrious, assiduous, sedulous; persistent, relentless, plodding, untiring, unflagging, unwearied, indefatigable; tenacious, dogged, strong-willed, grim, unshrinking; game, plucky, gritty; obstinate, stubborn, Inf. cussed, uncompromising, unbending, unyielding, inflexible, obdurate, contumacious.
constellation, n. 1. Astron. configuration, Astron., Rare, aster ism.
2. {all of important or famous persons) galaxy, pleiad, cluster, assemblage, gathering, group, body, company.
consternation, n. bewilderment, mystification, be- fuddlement, confusion; agitation, disquietude, perturbation; amazement, astonishment, surprise; panic, alarm, stupefaction, stupefiedness, paralysis; trepidation, dread, terror, horror, fear, fright; dismay, dis-heartenment, disillusionment,
constipated, adj. costive, Pathol, bound, blocked,
impacted, Euph. in a bind,
constipation, n. costiveness, obstipation,
constituent, adj. 1. component, integral, elemen
tal. See - component (def. 1).
-n. 2. part, element, unit. See - component (def. 3).
3. voter, elector, balloter.
constitute, v. 1. compose, form, make, comprise, make up, consist of, compound; incorporate, embody.
2. appoint, nominate, name, deputize, depute, ordain; install, inaugurate, confirm, induct, commission.
3. establish, create, originate, develop; set up, found, institute, occasion, bring about, give rise to.
4. enact, draft, pass into law; legislate, ordain, decree.
constitution, n. 1. composition, make-up, struc ture, Archaic, crasis; organization, synthesis, formation, configuration; arrangement, contexture, construction, conformation.
2. physique, build, body, physical nature; strength, vigor, health, power.
3. disposition, aspect, temperament, mood, mettle; character, nature, spirit, condition, state; essence, quiddity, idiosyncrasy, idiocrasy, singularity, particularity.
4. establishment, formation, founding, creation, foundation; institution, introduction, enactment, inception.
5. body of laws, Latin, corpus juris, code, charter, pandect, canon; rules, laws, principles.
constitutional, adj. 1. inherent, inbred, intrinsic; inborn, innate, instinctive, congenital, connate, Archaic. ingenerate; indwelling, immanent, ingrained, infixed, implanted, instilled; indigenous, rooted, natural, native.
2. healthful, beneficial, salubrious, salutary, salutif-erous; wholesome, hygienic, healthy, nutritious.
3. essential, fundamental, basic, elementary, basal; integral, component, constituent.
4. lawful, legal, legitimate, licit; statutory, chartered, vested; statuable, rightful, authorized, prescribed, permitted.