countless

count·less
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/ˈkaʊntləs/

determiner

A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.

“The stars in the sky are countless.”

Similar
uncountablenumberlessincalculableinfiniteinnumerableinnumerousmultitudinousmyriad
Opposite
a couple ofa fewa handful ofseveralone
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English count →
CommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

determiner
  1. A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.

    There are countless stars in the sky.

    1 more example

    He endured countless insults hurled at him before people finally respected him for his courage and his great ability as a baseball player.

    2020, Pat Mann, 100 Life-Challenging Devotionals

    Antonyms: a couple of, a few, a handful of, several, one, zero, no

adjectivecountless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSynonym of uncountable.

    The stars in the sky are countless.

    Synonyms: uncountable

  2. not comparableToo large to be counted to.

    Just stop and think deeply for a moment and realize the countless number of the grains of sand of the seashore; the countless number of drops of water that go to make up the waters of the earth; […]

    2021, Baird T. Spalding, The Journey

Synonyms & antonyms

determinerA huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.

Opposite
a couple ofa fewa handful ofseveralonezerono

adjectiveSynonym of uncountable.

Similar
uncountable
Similar
numberlessincalculable

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivetoo numerous to be counted

Similar
infiniteinnumerableinnumerousmultitudinousmyriadnumberlessuncountedunnumberableunnumberedunnumerableincalculable
Also see
eighty-elevenfifty-elevenforty-elevenincalculableinfiniteinfinitely manyinnumerableinnumerousmanifoldmultitudinousmyriadninety-elevennumberlessseventy-elevensixty-eleventhirty-eleventwenty-elevenuncountableuncountedunnumberableunnumbered

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinputus
  7. Latinputō
  8. Latincomputō
  9. Anglo-Normancounter
  10. Middle Englishcounten
  11. Englishcount
  12. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  14. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  15. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  16. Englishcountless

From count + -less.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ἀναρίθμητος, μῡρῐ́ος
  • ἀναρίθμητος (anaríthmētos)too many to count, innumerable
  • μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os)too many to count, innumerable
Bengali বেশুমার
  • বেশুমার (beśumar)too many to count, innumerable
Bulgarian неизброим, безбро́ен
  • неизброим (neizbroim)too many to count, innumerable
  • безбро́ен (bezbróen)too many to count, innumerable
Catalan innombrable
  • innombrabletoo many to count, innumerable
Chinese Mandarin 無數 /无数
  • 無數 /无数 (wúshù)too many to count, innumerable
Czech nesčetný, nesčíslný
  • nesčetnýtoo many to count, innumerable
  • nesčíslnýtoo many to count, innumerable
Danish utallig, talløs
  • utalligtoo many to count, innumerable
  • talløstoo many to count, innumerable
Dutch ontelbaar, talloos
  • ontelbaartoo many to count, innumerable
  • talloostoo many to count, innumerable
Esperanto nekalkulebla, nenombrebla
  • nekalkuleblatoo many to count, innumerable
  • nenombreblatoo many to count, innumerable
Finnish lukematon, rajaton
  • lukematontoo many to count, innumerable
  • rajatontoo many to count, innumerable
French incalculable, innombrable
  • incalculabletoo many to count, innumerable
  • innombrabletoo many to count, innumerable
  • sans nombretoo many to count, innumerable
German unzählig, unzählbar
  • unzähligtoo many to count, innumerable
  • unzählbartoo many to count, innumerable
  • zahllostoo many to count, innumerable
Greek αμέτρητος, αναρίθμητος
  • αμέτρητος (amétritos)too many to count, innumerable
  • αναρίθμητος (anaríthmitos)too many to count, innumerable
Hebrew אין ספור, אינספור
  • אין ספור (ein sfor)too many to count, innumerable
  • אינספורtoo many to count, innumerable
Hindi असंख्य, अनगिनत
  • असंख्य (asaṅkhya)too many to count, innumerable
  • अनगिनत (anginat)too many to count, innumerable
  • अगणित (agṇit)too many to count, innumerable
Hungarian számtalan, megszámlálhatatlan
  • számtalantoo many to count, innumerable
  • megszámlálhatatlantoo many to count, innumerable
Italian innumerevole, incalcolabile
  • innumerevoletoo many to count, innumerable
  • incalcolabiletoo many to count, innumerable
  • innumerabiletoo many to count, innumerable
Japanese 無数な, 無数の
  • 無数な (musū na)too many to count, innumerable
  • 無数の (musū no)too many to count, innumerable
  • 数え切れない (kazoekirenai)too many to count, innumerable
Māori makehua, tini makehua
  • makehuatoo many to count, innumerable
  • tini makehuatoo many to count, innumerable
  • tuauriuritoo many to count, innumerable
  • tini ngerongerotoo many to count, innumerable
Norwegian Bokmål talløs, tallaus
  • talløstoo many to count, innumerable
  • tallaustoo many to count, innumerable
  • utalligtoo many to count, innumerable
Polish niezliczony, nieprzeliczony
  • niezliczonytoo many to count, innumerable
  • nieprzeliczonytoo many to count, innumerable
  • nieprzebranytoo many to count, innumerable
Portuguese incontável, inumerável
  • incontáveltoo many to count, innumerable
  • inumeráveltoo many to count, innumerable
Romanian nenumărabil, de nenumărat
  • nenumărabiltoo many to count, innumerable
  • de nenumărattoo many to count, innumerable
Russian бессчётный, бесчи́сленный
  • бессчётный (bessčótnyj)too many to count, innumerable
  • бесчи́сленный (besčíslennyj)too many to count, innumerable
  • неисчисли́мый (neisčislímyj)too many to count, innumerable
  • несчётный (nesčótnyj)too many to count, innumerable
Spanish incontable, innumerable
  • incontabletoo many to count, innumerable
  • innumerabletoo many to count, innumerable
  • sin númerotoo many to count, innumerable
  • sinnúmerotoo many to count, innumerable
Swedish otalig
  • otaligtoo many to count, innumerable
Tagalog di mabilang-bilang
  • di mabilang-bilangtoo many to count, innumerable
Turkish hesaplanamaz, hesapsız
  • hesaplanamaztoo many to count, innumerable
  • hesapsıztoo many to count, innumerable
  • pek çoktoo many to count, innumerable
  • sayısıztoo many to count, innumerable
Ukrainian незліче́нний
  • незліче́нний (nezličénnyj)too many to count, innumerable
Welsh afrifed, aneirif
  • afrifedtoo many to count, innumerable
  • aneiriftoo many to count, innumerable
  • di-riftoo many to count, innumerable
  • dirifeditoo many to count, innumerable
  • heb rifeditoo many to count, innumerable
  • llond gwlad otoo many to count, innumerable
  • rhif y blodautoo many to count, innumerable
  • rhif y graeantoo many to count, innumerable
  • rhif y gwenithtoo many to count, innumerable
  • rhif y gwlithtoo many to count, innumerable
  • rhif y gwŷddtoo many to count, innumerable
  • rhif y sêrtoo many to count, innumerable
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