Dictionary

boundless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbaʊndləs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Old Norse búinnbor. Middle English bownde English bound Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English boundless From bound + -less.

Meanings

1. Without bounds, unbounded.
   • 'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop. 1785, William Cowper, “Book III. The Garden.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 133:
   • […] still, from the audacious, daring, and boundless adventure of their subsequent lives, strangely blend with these unoutgrown peculiarities, a thousand bold dashes of character, not unworthy a Scandinavian sea-king, or a poetical Pagan Roman. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 82:
   • Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away. 1817 (published 11 January 1818), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Sonnet. Ozymandias.”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume III, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 67:

Forms

Antonyms

limited

Deriveds

unboundless · boundlessness · boundlessly

Synonyms

unbounded · bottomless · unbottomed · extentless · limitless

Translations (45)

hi असीम (without bounds, unbounded) · tr sınırsız (without bounds, unbounded) · hi अपरिमित (without bounds, unbounded) · es ilimitado (without bounds, unbounded) · sa अनन्त (without bounds, unbounded) · pdt onbeschrenkjt (without bounds, unbounded) · ga as cuimse (without bounds, unbounded) · ro nemărginit (without bounds, unbounded) · es sin límites (without bounds, unbounded) · tr sonsuz (without bounds, unbounded) · nl onbegrensd (without bounds, unbounded) · uk безкра́їй (without bounds, unbounded) · bn বেহদ্দ (without bounds, unbounded) · eo senlima (without bounds, unbounded) · pl bezgraniczny (without bounds, unbounded) · uk безкра́йній (without bounds, unbounded) · pl bezkresny (without bounds, unbounded) · fr illimité (without bounds, unbounded) · de unbegrenzt (without bounds, unbounded) · da grænseløs (without bounds, unbounded) · grc ἄπειρος (without bounds, unbounded) · la illīmitātus (without bounds, unbounded) · nb ubegrenset (without bounds, unbounded) · hi अदिति (without bounds, unbounded) · grc ἀπέραντος (without bounds, unbounded) · he ללא גבול (without bounds, unbounded) · ru безграни́чный (without bounds, unbounded) · sa अदिति (without bounds, unbounded) · hi अपार (without bounds, unbounded) · ru бесконе́чный (without bounds, unbounded) · da ubegrænset (without bounds, unbounded) · ru бескра́йний (without bounds, unbounded) · nl grenzeloos (without bounds, unbounded) · la īnfīnītus (without bounds, unbounded) · de grenzenlos (without bounds, unbounded) · fi rajaton (without bounds, unbounded) · grc ἄπλετος (without bounds, unbounded) · hi असीमित (without bounds, unbounded) · uk безме́жний (without bounds, unbounded) · cmn 無邊 /无边 (without bounds, unbounded) · it sconfinato (without bounds, unbounded) · it illimitato (without bounds, unbounded) · ru беспреде́льный (without bounds, unbounded) · nb grenseløs (without bounds, unbounded) · bg безграни́чен (without bounds, unbounded)