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boundless

adj · 2 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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  • /ˈbaʊndləs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Without bounds, unbounded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unbounded enthusiasm
  • children with boundless energy
  • a limitless supply of money

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unbounded, limitless

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English bound Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English boundless From bound + -less.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: বেহদ্দ (behoddo) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Bulgarian: безграни́чен (bezgraníčen) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無邊 /无边 (wúbiān) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Danish: grænseløs — without bounds, unbounded
  • Danish: ubegrænset — without bounds, unbounded
  • Dutch: grenzeloos — without bounds, unbounded
  • Dutch: onbegrensd — without bounds, unbounded
  • Esperanto: senlima — without bounds, unbounded
  • Finnish: rajaton — without bounds, unbounded
  • French: illimité — without bounds, unbounded
  • German: grenzenlos — without bounds, unbounded
  • German: unbegrenzt — without bounds, unbounded
  • Ancient Greek: ἄπειρος (ápeiros) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Ancient Greek: ἀπέραντος (apérantos) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Ancient Greek: ἄπλετος (ápletos) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Hebrew: ללא גבול (le lo gevūl) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Hindi: अदिति (aditi) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Hindi: असीम (asīm) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Hindi: अपार (apār) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Hindi: अपरिमित (aprimit) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Hindi: असीमित (asīmit) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Irish: as cuimse — without bounds, unbounded
  • Italian: illimitato — without bounds, unbounded
  • Italian: sconfinato — without bounds, unbounded
  • Latin: īnfīnītus — without bounds, unbounded
  • Latin: illīmitātus — without bounds, unbounded
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grenseløs — without bounds, unbounded
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubegrenset — without bounds, unbounded
  • Plautdietsch: onbeschrenkjt — without bounds, unbounded
  • Polish: bezgraniczny — without bounds, unbounded
  • Polish: bezkresny — without bounds, unbounded
  • Romanian: nemărginit — without bounds, unbounded
  • Russian: безграни́чный (bezgraníčnyj) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Russian: беспреде́льный (bespredélʹnyj) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Russian: бескра́йний (beskrájnij) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Russian: бесконе́чный (beskonéčnyj) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Sanskrit: अनन्त (ananta) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Sanskrit: अदिति (aditi) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Spanish: ilimitado — without bounds, unbounded
  • Spanish: sin límites — without bounds, unbounded
  • Turkish: sınırsız — without bounds, unbounded
  • Turkish: sonsuz — without bounds, unbounded
  • Ukrainian: безме́жний (bezméžnyj) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Ukrainian: безкра́йній (bezkrájnij) — without bounds, unbounded
  • Ukrainian: безкра́їй (bezkrájij) — without bounds, unbounded