Meanings
adjectivekeyless (not comparable)
- not comparableLacking or not requiring a key.
Today’s keyless models use a fob — the small remote control device that most modern cars use to lock and unlock doors — but it performs the additional duty of sending a signal to the ignition.
2007 April 14, Micheline Maynard, “Car Keys Could Go the Way of Tail Fins”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking or not requiring a key
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*kaiju
- Old Englishcǣġ
- Middle Englishkeye
- Englishkey
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishkeyless
Cite this entry
APA
keyless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyless
MLA
“keyless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keyless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyless.
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