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- pronunciation:
- end
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
being or seeming boundless; infinite; limitless.
The possibilities are endless.They traveled endless highways in their search.Our resources are not endless.- synonyms:
- boundless, countless, infinite, innumerable, limitless, measureless
- antonyms:
- limited
- similar words:
- eternal, everlasting, immeasurable, immense, incalculable, interminable, timeless, untold, vast
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| definition 2: |
being or seeming interminable; never ceasing.
We spent endless hours of waiting at the hospital.- synonyms:
- continuous, everlasting, interminable, perpetual, unceasing, unending, unremitting
- antonyms:
- transient
- similar words:
- ceaseless, constant, eternal, incessant, nonstop, persistent
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| definition 3: |
made continuous by connecting.
From the plane, we looked down on endless cornfields.- synonyms:
- continuous, unbroken
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| related words: |
abysmal, continual, continuous, immortal, indestructible, life, myriad, permanent, perpetual, solid, unbroken, undying, universal |
adverb + (adj.)endless
seemingly, virtually
(adj.)endless
+ noun
acre,
appeal,
appetite,
array,
bickering,
chain,
chatter,
chore,
corridor,
curiosity,
cycle,
darkness,
debate,
debris,
delay,
delight,
desert,
dune,
entertainment,
expanse,
fascination,
flood,
flow,
fodder,
frontier,
frustration,
gossip,
grief,
hallway,
horizon,
hour,
hunger,
inspiration,
jam,
journey,
jungle,
list,
litany,
litigation,
loop,
maze,
mile,
negotiation,
nightmare,
ocean,
option,
paperwork,
parade,
patience,
permutation,
pile,
plain,
prairie,
procession,
pursuit,
quest,
repetition,
rerun,
revision,
ribbon,
round,
row,
sand,
scandal,
sea,
search,
series,
sky,
speculation,
spiral,
stack,
stair,
stream,
stretch,
string,
struggle,
succession,
summer,
supply,
terrain,
tide,
traffic,
tunnel,
variation,
variety,
vista,
void,
wait,
waiting,
wilderness,
wire
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| derivations: |
endlessly (adv.), endlessness (n.) |
The word endless
contains the following part:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
  More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, airless, baseless, blameless, bloodless, boneless, bodiless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, careless, cheerless, colorless, cordless, countless, dauntless, doubtless, endless, fatherless, fearless, feckless, flawless, formless, graceless, groundless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, jobless, joyless, listless, matchless, merciless, mindless, motionless, nameless, painless, peerless, penniless, pitiless, pointless, powerless, priceless, regardless, relentless, restless, selfless, sightless, soundless1, spotless, stainless, strapless, sunless, tasteless, thoughtless, tireless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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