rimless

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adjective

Lacking a rim.

“rimless glasses”

Similar
brimlessliplessledgeless
Opposite
rimmed
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English rim →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

adjectiverimless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLacking a rim.

    rimless glasses

    2 more examples

    Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) brimless, lipless, ledgeless

    1949, Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses […]

    Synonyms: brimless, lipless, ledgeless

  2. not comparableball gamesNot touching the rim of the basket while passing through it.

    Took aim and scored, a sure, rimless basket.

    2022, Jay E. Tria, You Out of Nowhere

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLacking a rim.

Similar
brimlessliplessledgeless

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelacking a rim or frame

Opposite
rimmed
Also see
brimlessledgelesslipless

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishrima
  2. Middle Englishrim
  3. Englishrim
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  6. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  8. Englishrimless

From rim + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

rimless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rimless

MLA

“rimless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rimless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rimless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rimless.

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