never-ending

adjective

Having no end or being endless.

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unendingeternalceaselessconstantincessantperpetualunceasingunremitting
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Meanings

adjectivenever-ending (not comparable)

alternative never ending · alternative neverending

  1. not comparableHaving no end or being endless.

    But fans’ emotions are no longer filtered through ticket or album sales; they’re heard directly, constantly, at all hours, on all the platforms people visit to generate and extinguish bad feelings in a never-ending cycle.

    2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine
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    The story of upkeep has been never-ending. Between 1997-2000, a major programme of maintenance entailed replacing superstructure timbers - 50 main rail beams were replaced with greenheart, along with a similar number of edge beams.

    2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The tide is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 51

    Synonyms: unending, eternal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving no end or being endless.

Similar
unendingeternal

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveuninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

Similar
ceaselessconstantincessantperpetualunceasingunremittingcontinuousuninterrupted
Also see
ceaselessconstantcontinuatecontinuousendlesseternaleverlastingincessantincessivelastingpermanentperpetualperpetuatestilltimelessunceasingunremitting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From never + ending.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀνήνυτος, ἄπαυστος
  • ἀνήνυτος (anḗnutos)having no end
  • ἄπαυστος (ápaustos)having no end
Bulgarian безкраен, вечен
  • безкраен (bezkraen)having no end
  • вечен (večen)having no end
Catalan interminable
  • interminablehaving no end
Estonian lõpmatu, lõputu
  • lõpmatuhaving no end
  • lõputuhaving no end
Finnish loputon
  • loputonhaving no end
French à n'en plus finir, interminable
  • à n'en plus finirhaving no end
  • interminablehaving no end
German unaufhörlich
  • unaufhörlichhaving no end
Greek ατελείωτος, ατέλειωτος
  • ατελείωτος (ateleíotos)having no end
  • ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos)having no end
Hindi अंतहीन, अनंत
  • अंतहीन (anthīn)having no end
  • अनंत (anant)having no end
Romanian interminabil
  • interminabilhaving no end
Russian бесконе́чный
  • бесконе́чный (beskonéčnyj)having no end
Spanish interminable, de nunca acabar
  • interminablehaving no end
  • de nunca acabarhaving no end
Swedish oändlig, ändlös
  • oändlighaving no end
  • ändlöshaving no end
Turkish hiç bitmeyen, sonsuz
  • hiç bitmeyenhaving no end
  • sonsuzhaving no end
  • bitmeyenhaving no end
  • sonu olmayanhaving no end
Cite this entry
APA

never-ending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never-ending

MLA

“never-ending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never-ending. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “never-ending,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never-ending.

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