endless

English Online Dictionary. What means endless‎? What does endless mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛndlɪs/, /ˈɛndləs/
• Hyphenation: end‧less

Adjective

endless (not comparable)

1. Having no end.
2. Extending indefinitely.

3. Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
4. (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

Synonyms

• (having no end): unending; see also Thesaurus:endless
• (extending indefinitely): eternal, infinite, unlimited; see also Thesaurus:infinite or Thesaurus:eternal

Antonyms

• finite
• limited

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