Standard Lemma guide

bottomless

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbɒtəm.ləs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Extremely deep.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Difficult to understand; unfathomable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

Synonyms: none provided

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
  • Slovak: dole bez — naked from the waist down
  • Swedish: bottenlös — naked from the waist down
  • Swedish: byxlös — naked from the waist down
  • Vietnamese: truồng — naked from the waist down
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