Meanings
- not comparableHaving no end.
endless time; endless praise
1 more example
Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station.
1942 May-June, “Cable Operation at Liverpool and London”, in Railway Magazine, page 174Synonyms: unending
- not comparableToo much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
In 1903, [Albert Shhoenhut] announced his Humpty Dumpty circus, with over 20 figures and animals, each with six joints enabling them to be put into endless positions.
1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 64 - not comparableobsoleteWithout profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
All loves are endless.
c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving no end.
adjectiveExtending indefinitely.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetiresomely long; seemingly without end
adjectiveinfinitely great in number
adjectivehaving no known beginning and presumably no end
adjectivehaving the ends united so as to form a continuous whole
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*andijalausaz“endless”
- Old Englishendelēas“endless”
- Middle Englishendeles
- Englishendless
From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́πειρος, ἀνήνυτος
- ᾰ̓́πειρος (ắpeiros)having no end
- ἀνήνυτος (anḗnutos)having no end
- ἀανής (aanḗs)having no end
Bulgarian безкра́ен, безконе́чен
- безкра́ен (bezkráen)having no end
- безконе́чен (bezkonéčen)having no end
- безграни́чен (bezgraníčen)having no end
Catalan interminable, inacabable
- interminablehaving no end
- inacabableindefinite
Chinese Cantonese 不盡 /不尽
- 不盡 /不尽 (bat¹ zeon⁶)having no end
Chinese Mandarin 無窮 /无穷, 不盡 /不尽
- 無窮 /无穷 (wúqióng)having no end
- 不盡 /不尽 (bùjìn)having no end
Czech nekonečný
- nekonečnýhaving no end
Danish endeløs, uendelig
- endeløshaving no end
- uendelighaving no end
- uendeligindefinite
Dutch eindeloos, oneindig
- eindelooshaving no end
- oneindighaving no end
- oneindigindefinite
- grenzeloosindefinite
Esperanto senfina
- senfinahaving no end
Estonian lõputu
- lõputuhaving no end
Finnish loputon, loppumaton
- loputonhaving no end
- loppumatonhaving no end
- päättymätönhaving no end
- loputonindefinite
- loppumatonindefinite
- päättymätönindefinite
French infini, interminable
- infinihaving no end
- interminablehaving no end
- perpétuelhaving no end
German endlos, unbegrenzt
- endloshaving no end
- unbegrenzthaving no end
- unendlichhaving no end
- unbegrenztindefinite
- unbeschränktindefinite
- unendlichindefinite
Greek ατελείωτος, ατέλειωτος
- ατελείωτος (ateleíotos)having no end
- ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos)having no end
- ατελείωτος (ateleíotos)indefinite
- ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos)indefinite
Hindi अनन्त, अंतहीन
- अनन्त (anant)having no end
- अंतहीन (anthīn)having no end
Icelandic endalaus
- endalaushaving no end
Irish gan deireadh, gan teorainn
- gan deireadhhaving no end
- gan teorainnhaving no end
Italian interminabile, senza fine
- interminabilehaving no end
- senza finehaving no end
- infinitohaving no end
Japanese 無限の, 果てしない
- 無限の (mugen no)having no end
- 果てしない (hateshinai)having no end
- 切りが無い (kiri ga nai)having no end
Korean 끝없다
- 끝없다 (kkeudeopda)having no end
Latin īnfīnītus, aeternus
- īnfīnītushaving no end
- aeternushaving no end
Latvian nebeidzams, bezgalīgs
- nebeidzamshaving no end
- bezgalīgsindefinite
Lithuanian begalinis
- begalinishaving no end
Norwegian Bokmål endeløs, uendelig
- endeløshaving no end
- uendelighaving no end
Polish bezkresny
- bezkresnyindefinite
Portuguese infinito, infindável
- infinitohaving no end
- infindávelhaving no end
- incessantehaving no end
- infindohaving no end
Romanian fără sfârșit, nesfârșit
- fără sfârșithaving no end
- nesfârșithaving no end
- interminabilhaving no end
- nesfârșitindefinite
Russian бесконе́чный, бескра́йний
- бесконе́чный (beskonéčnyj)having no end
- бескра́йний (beskrájnij)having no end
- безграни́чный (bezgraníčnyj)having no end
Scottish Gaelic sìorraidh
- sìorraidhhaving no end
Slovak nekonečný
- nekonečnýhaving no end
Spanish sin fin
- sin finhaving no end
Swedish ändlös, oändlig
- ändlöshaving no end
- oändlighaving no end
Thai อนันต์
- อนันต์ (à-nan)having no end
Turkish sonsuz, bitmeyen
- sonsuzhaving no end
- bitmeyenhaving no end
Ukrainian безконе́чний, безкіне́чний
- безконе́чний (bezkonéčnyj)having no end
- безкіне́чний (bezkinéčnyj)having no end
- безкра́йній (bezkrájnij)having no end
- безме́жний (bezméžnyj)having no end
Urdu لامُتَناہی
- لامُتَناہی (lāmutanāhī)having no end
Welsh annherfynol, bythol
- annherfynolhaving no end
- bytholhaving no end
- diddiweddhaving no end
- diderfynhaving no end
- didranchaving no end
Cite this entry
endless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endless
“endless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endless.
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