Meanings
comparative more painless · superlative most painless
- Not difficult; easy.
At first it seemed like a very painless way to get my work done and I told Milly to let me sleepwrite as much as I liked. We discovered, however, that although my subconscious might lead me to the typewriter, it couldn't make me think.
1952, Morris McNeil Musselman, Second Honeymoon, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverequiring little hard work or exertion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishpaynles
- Englishpainless
From Middle English paynles, peynlees, equivalent to pain + -less. Compare West Frisian pynleas (“painless”), Dutch pijnloos (“painless”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans pynloos
- pynlooswithout pain or trouble
Ancient Greek ἀνάλγητος, ἄλυπος
- ἀνάλγητος (análgētos)without pain or trouble
- ἄλυπος (álupos)without pain or trouble
Arabic غَيْر مُؤْلِم
- غَيْر مُؤْلِم (ḡayr muʔlim)without pain or trouble
Bulgarian безболезнен
- безболезнен (bezboleznen)without pain or trouble
Catalan indolor
- indolorwithout pain or trouble
Chinese Mandarin 無痛 /无痛
- 無痛 /无痛 (wútòng)without pain or trouble
Czech bezbolestný
- bezbolestnýwithout pain or trouble
Danish smertefri
- smertefriwithout pain or trouble
Dutch pijnloos
- pijnlooswithout pain or trouble
Esperanto sendolora
- sendolorawithout pain or trouble
Estonian valutu
- valutuwithout pain or trouble
Finnish kivuton
- kivutonwithout pain or trouble
French indolore
- indolorewithout pain or trouble
German schmerzlos, schmerzfrei
- schmerzloswithout pain or trouble
- schmerzfreiwithout pain or trouble
Greek ανώδυνος άπονος
- ανώδυνος άπονος (anódynos)without pain or trouble
Hungarian fájdalommentes, fájdalmatlan
- fájdalommenteswithout pain or trouble
- fájdalmatlanwithout pain or trouble
Italian indolore
- indolorewithout pain or trouble
Japanese 無痛
- 無痛 (mutsū)without pain or trouble
Lithuanian neskausmingas, beskausmis
- neskausmingaswithout pain or trouble
- beskausmiswithout pain or trouble
Māori kore mamae, tangatanga
- kore mamaewithout pain or trouble
- tangatangawithout pain or trouble
Norwegian Bokmål smertefri
- smertefriwithout pain or trouble
Polish bezbolesny
- bezbolesnywithout pain or trouble
Portuguese indolor
- indolorwithout pain or trouble
Romanian nedureros, fără durere
- nedureroswithout pain or trouble
- fără durerewithout pain or trouble
Russian безболе́зненный
- безболе́зненный (bezboléznennyj)without pain or trouble
Spanish sin dolor, indoloro
- sin dolorwithout pain or trouble
- indolorowithout pain or trouble
Swedish smärtfri
- smärtfriwithout pain or trouble
Turkish ağrısız, acısız
- ağrısızwithout pain or trouble
- acısızwithout pain or trouble
Ukrainian безбо́лісний
- безбо́лісний (bezbólisnyj)without pain or trouble
Cite this entry
painless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/painless
“painless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/painless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “painless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/painless.
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