adj · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈbɒtəm.ləs/
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US:/ˈbatəmlɪs/
CMU ARPABET:B AA1 T AH0 M L AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having no bottom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Extremely deep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Having no bounds; limitless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Difficult to understand; unfathomable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
6
adj
Meaning 6
refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
7
adj
Meaning 7
Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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8
adjective
Meaning 8
having no bottom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: bottomed
9
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
bottomless dancers
a bottomless bar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
extremely deep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a bottomless pit
a bottomless lake
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
11
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
having no apparent limits or bounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a bottomless supply of money
bottomless pockets
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English botemles, botmeles, equivalent to bottom + -less. Cognate with West Frisian boaiemleas (“bottomless”), Dutch bodemloos (“bottomless”), German Low German boddenloos (“bottomless”), German bodenlos (“bottomless”), Swedish bottenlös (“bottomless”), Icelandic botnlaus (“bottomless”).
Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
bodemloos
— having no bottom
Bulgarian:
без дъно
(bez dǎno)
— having no bottom
Bulgarian:
без седалка
(bez sedalka)
— having no bottom
Czech:
bezedný
— having no bottom
Danish:
bundløs
— having no bottom
Esperanto:
senfunda
— having no bottom
Finnish:
alaosaton
— having no bottom
Finnish:
pohjaton
— having no bottom
Georgian:
უფსკერო
(upsḳero)
— having no bottom
Georgian:
უძირო
(uʒiro)
— having no bottom
Greek:
άπατος
(ápatos)
— having no bottom
Ancient Greek:
ἄβυσσος
(ábussos)
— having no bottom
Hindi:
अथाह
(athāh)
— having no bottom
Hungarian:
feneketlen
— having no bottom
Italian:
senza fondo
— having no bottom
Lithuanian:
bedugnis
— having no bottom
Middle English:
botemles
— having no bottom
Middle English:
groundles
— having no bottom
Old English:
grundlēas
— having no bottom
Polish:
bezdenny
— having no bottom
Russian:
бездо́нный
(bezdónnyj)
— having no bottom
Sanskrit:
अबुध्न
(abudhna)
— having no bottom
Sicilian:
scuffatu
— having no bottom
Sicilian:
senza funnu
— having no bottom
Spanish:
sin fondo
— having no bottom
Swedish:
bottenlös
— having no bottom
Turkish:
altsız
— having no bottom
Afrikaans:
bodemloos
— extremely deep
Bulgarian:
бездънен
(bezdǎnen)
— extremely deep
Czech:
bezedný
— extremely deep
Danish:
bundløs
— extremely deep
Dutch:
bodemloos
— extremely deep
Dutch:
bodemloze
— extremely deep
Finnish:
pohjaton
— extremely deep
French:
insondable
— extremely deep
Georgian:
უძირო
(uʒiro)
— extremely deep
Georgian:
უფსკერო
(upsḳero)
— extremely deep
Greek:
άπατος
(ápatos)
— extremely deep
Ancient Greek:
ἄβυσσος
(ábussos)
— extremely deep
Hungarian:
feneketlen
— extremely deep
Italian:
senza fondo
— extremely deep
Lithuanian:
bedugnis
— extremely deep
Old English:
grundlēas
— extremely deep
Russian:
бездо́нный
(bezdónnyj)
— extremely deep
Sicilian:
senza funnu
— extremely deep
Turkish:
dipsiz
— extremely deep
Afrikaans:
bodemloos
— having no bounds; limitless
Finnish:
rajaton
— having no bounds; limitless
Finnish:
pohjaton
— having no bounds; limitless
Italian:
senza fondo
— having no bounds; limitless
Polish:
bezdenny
— having no bounds; limitless
Polish:
niezgłębiony
— having no bounds; limitless
Finnish:
käsittämätön
— difficult to understand
Danish:
bar underkrop
— naked from the waist down
Faroese:
brókaleysur
— naked from the waist down
Finnish:
alaosaton
— naked from the waist down
Finnish:
paljaspeppuinen
— naked from the waist down
Finnish:
paljaspyllyinen
— naked from the waist down
French:
cul-nu
— naked from the waist down
French:
cul nu
— naked from the waist down
French:
les fesses à l'air
— naked from the waist down
Icelandic:
berrassaður
— naked from the waist down
Middle English:
botemles
— naked from the waist down
Russian:
без штанов
(bez štanov)
— naked from the waist down
Russian:
бесштанный
(besštannyj)
— naked from the waist down
Russian:
голый ниже пояса
(golyj niže pojasa)
— naked from the waist down
Russian:
голозадый
(golozadyj)
— naked from the waist down
Russian:
голозадая
(golozadaja)
— naked from the waist down
Russian:
голозадое
(golozadoje)
— naked from the waist down
Russian:
в голозадом виде
(v golozadom vide)
— naked from the waist down
Sicilian:
cû culu di fora
— naked from the waist down
Sicilian:
cû culu di 'n chianu
— naked from the waist down
Sicilian:
cû culu a l'àriu
— naked from the waist down