timelessness

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UK/ˈtaɪmləsnəs/US/ˈtaɪmlɪsnɪs/US/ˈtaɪ̯mlɪ̈snɪ̈s/

noun

The property of being timeless.

“Of all the things that attracted her to the park, the timelessness of the ever-flowing river was most pleasing.”

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Meanings

nountimelessness (usually uncountable, plural timelessnesses)

plural timelessnesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe property of being timeless.

    Of all the things that attracted her to the park, the timelessness of the ever-flowing river was most pleasing.

    2 more examples

    A sense of timelessness prevails in the little Derbyshire village of Repton, which was once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 332, photo caption

    In the Larghetto slow movement Mr. Tetzlaff played the wistful melodic phrases with arching lyricism and radiantly penetrating pianissimos, while in the orchestra Mr. Levine achieved an uncanny balance between timelessness and subdued intensity.

    2007 January 16, Anthony Tommasini, “Serious German Violinist Gets a Rock Star Ovation”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: atemporality, extratemporality, eternal now, eternity, untime

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe property of being timeless.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Finnish ajattomuus
  • ajattomuusproperty of being timeless
German Zeitlosigkeit
  • Zeitlosigkeitproperty of being timeless
Hungarian időtlenség
  • időtlenségproperty of being timeless
Polish ponadczasowość, bezczasowość
  • ponadczasowośćproperty of being timeless
  • bezczasowośćproperty of being timeless
  • pozaczasowośćproperty of being timeless
Swedish tidlöshet
  • tidlöshetproperty of being timeless
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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