gearless

gear·less
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US/ˈɡɪɹləs/UK/ˈɡɪələs/Scotland/ˈɡiːɹləs/

adjective

Without gears.

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Meanings

adjectivegearless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout gears.

    These locomotives, which were finished in crimson lake livery with gold lining and lettering, were not considered very satisfactory, for their gearless motors, with armatures mounted directly on the axles, set up considerable vibration.

    1950 September, “Central London Railway Jubilee”, in Railway Magazine, page 620

Origin

From gear + -less.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gearless

fearlesscheerless
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Anagrams

largesseeelgrassrageless
Cite this entry
APA

gearless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gearless

MLA

“gearless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gearless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gearless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gearless.

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