adj · 8 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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
/ˈɛndlɪs/
/ˈɛndləs/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:EH1 N D L AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having no end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
endless time; endless praise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Extending indefinitely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
an endless line
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
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
4
adj
Meaning 4
Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an endless chain
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having no known beginning and presumably no end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the dateless rise and fall of the tides
time is endless
sempiternal truth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dateless, sempiternal
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
infinitely great in number
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
endless waves
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
endless debates
an endless conversation
the wait seemed eternal
eternal quarreling
an interminable sermon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eternal, interminable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
անվերջ
(anverǰ)
— having no end
Bulgarian:
безкраен
(bezkraen)
— having no end
Catalan:
interminable
— having no end
Chinese Cantonese:
不盡 /不尽
(bat1 zeon6)
— having no end
Chinese:
不盡 /不尽
(zh-min-nan)
— having no end
Chinese Mandarin:
無窮 /无穷
(wúqióng)
— having no end
Chinese Mandarin:
不盡 /不尽
(bùjìn)
— having no end
Czech:
nekonečný
— having no end
Danish:
endeløs
— having no end
Dutch:
eindeloos
— having no end
Esperanto:
senfina
— having no end
Finnish:
loputon
— having no end
Finnish:
loppumaton
— having no end
Finnish:
päättymätön
— having no end
French:
infini
— having no end
French:
interminable
— having no end
French:
perpétuel
— having no end
Galician:
infindo
— having no end
Galician:
infinito
— having no end
Galician:
sen termo
— having no end
Galician:
sen fin
— having no end
Georgian:
უსასრულო
(usasrulo)
— having no end
Georgian:
დაუსრულებელი
(dausrulebeli)
— having no end
Georgian:
გაუთავებელი
(gautavebeli)
— having no end
Georgian:
უთავბოლო
(utavbolo)
— having no end
Georgian:
უსაზღვრო
(usazɣvro)
— having no end
German:
endlos
— having no end
German:
unbegrenzt
— having no end
Gothic:
𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃
(andilaus)
— having no end
Greek:
ατελείωτος
(ateleíotos)
— having no end
Greek:
ατέλειωτος
(atéleiotos)
— having no end
Ancient Greek:
ᾰ̓́πειρος
(ắpeiros)
— having no end
Ancient Greek:
ἀνήνυτος
(anḗnutos)
— having no end
Ancient Greek:
ἀανής
(aanḗs)
— having no end
Hindi:
अनन्त
(anant)
— having no end
Hindi:
अंतहीन
(anthīn)
— having no end
Ingrian:
otsatoin
— having no end
Irish:
gan deireadh
— having no end
Irish:
gan teorainn
— having no end
Italian:
interminabile
— having no end
Italian:
senza fine
— having no end
Italian:
infinito
— having no end
Japanese:
無限の
(mugen no)
— having no end
Japanese:
果てしない
(hateshinai)
— having no end
Japanese:
切りが無い
(kiri ga nai)
— having no end
Khmer:
អនន្ត
(ʼaʼnɑn)
— having no end
Korean:
끝없다
(kkeudeopda)
— having no end
Latin:
īnfīnītus
— having no end
Latin:
aeternus
— having no end
Latvian:
nebeidzams
— having no end
Lithuanian:
begalinis
— having no end
Norwegian Bokmål:
endeløs
— having no end
Persian:
بیپایان
(bê-pâyân)
— having no end
Portuguese:
infinito
— having no end
Portuguese:
infindável
— having no end
Portuguese:
incessante
— having no end
Portuguese:
infindo
— having no end
Romanian:
fără sfârșit
— having no end
Romanian:
nesfârșit
— having no end
Romanian:
interminabil
— having no end
Russian:
бесконе́чный
(beskonéčnyj)
— having no end