bottomless

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UK/ˈbɒtəm.ləs/US/ˈbatəmlɪs/

adjective

Having no bottom.

“The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.”

Similar
boundlesslimitlessunbottomedunboundeddeepunlimitedunclothed
Opposite
bottomed
OriginMiddle English botemles →
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Meanings

adjectivebottomless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving no bottom.

    And while the railway's finances will forever remain a bottomless black hole, Highways England finances are rapidly becoming a bottomless pothole!

    2021 May 5, “Open Access: Saving our structures”, in RAIL, number 930, page 40
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    The vast swamps of Southern Ontario proved a grim nightmare to the construction gangs. Treacherous and seemingly bottomless, the swamps swallowed thousands of tons of timber and debris, yet still afforded no firm surface on which the track could be laid.

    1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 128
  2. not comparableExtremely deep.
  3. not comparableHaving no bounds; limitless.

    The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.

    Synonyms: boundless

  4. not comparableOf a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.

    I get a message from some school friends about a bottomless brunch they want to go to.

    2021, Rebecca Reid, Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being Bold, page 199
  5. not comparableDifficult to understand; unfathomable.
  6. Philippinesnot comparablerefillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)
  7. not comparableNot wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving no bounds; limitless.

Similar
boundless
Similar
limitlessunbottomedunbounded

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveextremely deep

Similar
deep

adjectivehaving no bottom

Opposite
bottomed

adjectivehaving no apparent limits or bounds

Similar
unlimitedlimitless

adjectiveunclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness

Similar
unclothed
Also see
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbotemles
  2. Englishbottomless

From Middle English botemles, botmeles, equivalent to bottom + -less. Cognate with West Frisian boaiemleas (“bottomless”), Dutch bodemloos (“bottomless”), German Low German boddenloos (“bottomless”), German bodenlos (“bottomless”), Swedish bottenlös (“bottomless”), Icelandic botnlaus (“bottomless”).

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Translations

Afrikaans bodemloos, bodemloos
  • bodemlooshaving no bottom
  • bodemloosextremely deep
  • bodemlooshaving no bounds; limitless
Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος, ἄβυσσος
  • ἄβυσσος (ábussos)having no bottom
  • ἄβυσσος (ábussos)extremely deep
Bulgarian без дъно, без седалка
  • без дъно (bez dăno)having no bottom
  • без седалка (bez sedalka)having no bottom
  • бездънен (bezdănen)extremely deep
Czech bezedný, bezedný
  • bezednýhaving no bottom
  • bezednýextremely deep
Danish bundløs, bundløs
  • bundløshaving no bottom
  • bundløsextremely deep
  • bar underkropnaked from the waist down
Dutch bodemloos, bodemloze
  • bodemloosextremely deep
  • bodemlozeextremely deep
Esperanto senfunda
  • senfundahaving no bottom
Finnish alaosaton, pohjaton
  • alaosatonhaving no bottom
  • pohjatonhaving no bottom
  • pohjatonextremely deep
  • rajatonhaving no bounds; limitless
  • pohjatonhaving no bounds; limitless
  • käsittämätöndifficult to understand
  • alaosatonnaked from the waist down
  • paljaspeppuinennaked from the waist down
  • paljaspyllyinennaked from the waist down
French insondable, cul-nu
  • insondableextremely deep
  • cul-nunaked from the waist down
  • cul nunaked from the waist down
  • les fesses à l'airnaked from the waist down
Greek άπατος, άπατος
  • άπατος (ápatos)having no bottom
  • άπατος (ápatos)extremely deep
Hindi अथाह
  • अथाह (athāh)having no bottom
Hungarian feneketlen, feneketlen
  • feneketlenhaving no bottom
  • feneketlenextremely deep
Icelandic berrassaður
  • berrassaðurnaked from the waist down
Italian senza fondo, senza fondo
  • senza fondohaving no bottom
  • senza fondoextremely deep
  • senza fondohaving no bounds; limitless
Lithuanian bedugnis, bedugnis
  • bedugnishaving no bottom
  • bedugnisextremely deep
Polish bezdenny, bezdenny
  • bezdennyhaving no bottom
  • bezdennyhaving no bounds; limitless
  • niezgłębionyhaving no bounds; limitless
Portuguese sem fundo
  • sem fundohaving no bottom
Russian бездо́нный, бездо́нный
  • бездо́нный (bezdónnyj)having no bottom
  • бездо́нный (bezdónnyj)extremely deep
  • без штанов (bez štanov)naked from the waist down
  • бесштанный (besštannyj)naked from the waist down
  • голый ниже пояса (golyj niže pojasa)naked from the waist down
  • голозадый (golozadyj)naked from the waist down
  • голозадая (golozadaja)naked from the waist down
  • голозадое (golozadoje)naked from the waist down
  • в голозадом виде (v golozadom vide)naked from the waist down
Slovak dole bez
  • dole beznaked from the waist down
Spanish sin fondo
  • sin fondohaving no bottom
Swedish bottenlös, bottenlös
  • bottenlöshaving no bottom
  • bottenlösnaked from the waist down
  • byxlösnaked from the waist down
Turkish altsız, dipsiz
  • altsızhaving no bottom
  • dipsizextremely deep
Vietnamese truồng
  • truồngnaked from the waist down
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“bottomless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottomless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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