pathless

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adjective

Without a path or trail.

Similar
tracklessunchartedunknownvirginroadlessuntrackeduntroduntrodden
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English path →
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Meanings

adjectivepathless (comparative more pathless, superlative most pathless)

comparative more pathless · superlative most pathless

  1. Without a path or trail.

    It was an old and pathless forest, and you could not keep anything like a straight course in it.

    1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
  2. figurativelyUnexplored.

    Synonyms: trackless, uncharted, unknown, virgin

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveUnexplored.

Similar
tracklessunchartedunknownvirgin

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelacking pathways

Similar
roadlesstracklessuntrackeduntroduntroddeninaccessibleunaccessible
Also see
inaccessibleroadlesstracklessunaccessibleuntrackeduntroduntrodden

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishpath
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishpathless

From path + -less.

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Translations

Bulgarian непроходим
  • непроходим (neprohodim)without a path
Czech neschůdný
  • neschůdnýwithout a path
German pfadlos, unwegsam
  • pfadloswithout a path
  • unwegsamwithout a path
  • wegloswithout a path
Greek αδιάβατος
  • αδιάβατος (adiávatos)without a path
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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