Meanings
comparative more beardless · superlative most beardless
- Lacking a beard.
A eunuch is a negative creature. A beardless Moslem is contemptuously designated as manless.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii1 more example
Distinctly slender (willowy), quietly fem/androgynous, beardless chap who can wear clothes and speak well is what I'm hoping to find.
1987 February 1, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 13Synonyms: smooth-faced
- Lacking an awn.
beardless wheat
- biologyLacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLacking a beard.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving no beard
adjectivelacking hair on the face
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*bardalaus“beardless”
- Old Englishbeardlēas“beardless”
- Middle Englishbērdlēs
- Englishbeardless
From Middle English bērdlēs, from Old English beardlēas (“beardless”), from Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus (“beardless”), equivalent to beard + -less. Cognate with Scots berdles (“beardless”), Saterland Frisian boartloos (“beardless”), West Frisian burdleas (“beardless”), Dutch baardeloos (“beardless”), German Low German baartlos (“beardless”), German bartlos (“beardless”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀπώγων
- ἀπώγων (apṓgōn)without a beard
Arabic أَمْرَد
- أَمْرَد (ʔamrad)without a beard
Catalan barbamec
- barbamecwithout a beard
Czech bezvousý
- bezvousýwithout a beard
Dutch baardloos
- baardlooswithout a beard
Esperanto senbarba
- senbarbawithout a beard
Finnish siloposkinen, parraton
- siloposkinennot having reached manhood
- parratonwithout a beard
- vihneetönlacking awn
French imberbe
- imberbewithout a beard
German bartlos, ohne Bart
- bartloswithout a beard
- ohne Bartwithout a beard
Greek αγένειος, απώγων
- αγένειος (agéneios)without a beard
- απώγων (apógon)without a beard
Irish amhulchach, maol
- amhulchachwithout a beard
- maollacking awn
Italian imberbe, sbarbato
- imberbewithout a beard
- sbarbatowithout a beard
Japanese ひげなし
- ひげなし (Hi-ge nashi)without a beard
Latin imberbis
- imberbiswithout a beard
Lithuanian bebarzdis
- bebarzdiswithout a beard
Polish gołobrody, bezbrody
- gołobrodynot having reached manhood
- bezbrodywithout a beard
- bezostnylacking awn
- bezościstylacking awn
Portuguese sem barba, imberbe
- sem barbawithout a beard
- imberbewithout a beard
- lampinhowithout a beard
Russian безборо́дый
- безборо́дый (bezboródyj)without a beard
Spanish inmaduro, mancebo
- inmaduronot having reached manhood
- mancebonot having reached manhood
- imberbenot having reached manhood
- imberbewithout a beard
- barbilampiñowithout a beard
- lampiñowithout a beard
- sin barbawithout a beard
- carilampiñowithout a beard
- desbarbadowithout a beard
Turkish sakalsız
- sakalsızwithout a beard
Ukrainian безборо́дий
- безборо́дий (bezboródyj)without a beard
Welsh di-farf
- di-farfwithout a beard
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
beardless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beardless
“beardless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beardless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beardless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beardless.
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