Dictionary

limitless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English limit 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 limitless From limit + -less.

Meanings

1. Without limits in extent, size, or quantity.
   • After millenniums of austerity and poverty, the age of limitless “superabundance” was at hand. 2025 March 18, Samuel Moyn, “Can Democrats Learn to Dream Big Again?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2025:
   • The Penguin can also fairly be described as an HBO gangster drama whose antihero is a brutal but troubled mid-level Mafioso with limitless ambition and debilitating maternal issues. 2024 September 19, Judy Berman, “HBO’s The Penguin Is a Stylish, Dumbed-Down Trump Allegory That Speaks to TV’s Decline”, in TIME, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2024:

Forms

Antonyms

limited · finite

Deriveds

limitlessness · limitlessly · unlimitless

Synonyms

bottomless · infinite · unlimited · limitless · unbounded · boundless · universal · unbottomed · endless · boundless · unlimited

Translations (31)

gl ilimitado (without limits; boundless) · bg безграничен (without limits; boundless) · ru беспреде́льный (without limits; boundless) · tr limitsiz (without limits; boundless) · tr sınırsız (without limits; boundless) · pt ilimitado (without limits; boundless) · grc ἀπέραντος (without limits; boundless) · bg неограничен (without limits; boundless) · hi असीम (without limits; boundless) · eo senlima (without limits; boundless) · ko 한(限)없다 (without limits; boundless) · hi अपार (without limits; boundless) · ca il·limitat (without limits; boundless) · ru безграни́чный (without limits; boundless) · nl grenzeloos (without limits; boundless) · it illimitato (without limits; boundless) · de grenzenlos (without limits; boundless) · da grænseløs (without limits; boundless) · ro nelimitat (without limits; boundless) · hi अमित (without limits; boundless) · bn বেহদ্দ (without limits; boundless) · nl onbegrensd (without limits; boundless) · tr hudutsuz (without limits; boundless) · pl bezkresny (without limits; boundless) · es ilimitado (without limits; boundless) · fi rajaton (without limits; boundless) · ko 무한(無限)하다 (without limits; boundless) · de unbegrenzt (without limits; boundless) · vi vô bờ (without limits; boundless) · da ubegrænset (without limits; boundless) · fr illimité (without limits; boundless)