Standard Lemma guide

inexhaustible

adj · 3 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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  • /ɪnɪɡˈzɔːstɪbl̩/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Impossible to exhaust; unlimited.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: exhaustible

2

adjective

Meaning 2

incapable of being entirely consumed or used up

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an inexhaustible supply of coal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: exhaustible

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

that cannot be entirely consumed or used up

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an inexhaustible supply of coal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unlimited

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- Proto-Indo-European *h2ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English exhaustible English inexhaustible From in- + exhaustible.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неизчерпаем (neizčerpaem) — impossible to exhaust
  • Bulgarian: неизтощим (neiztoštim) — impossible to exhaust
  • Catalan: inesgotable — impossible to exhaust
  • Catalan: inexhaurible — impossible to exhaust
  • Czech: nevyčerpatelný — impossible to exhaust
  • Danish: uudtømmelig — impossible to exhaust
  • Dutch: onuitputtelijk — impossible to exhaust
  • French: inépuisable — impossible to exhaust
  • Galician: inesgotable — impossible to exhaust
  • Galician: inesgotábel — impossible to exhaust
  • German: unerschöpflich — impossible to exhaust
  • Greek: ανεξάντλητος (anexántlitos) — impossible to exhaust
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκαταπόνητος (akatapónētos) — impossible to exhaust
  • Hungarian: kimeríthetetlen — impossible to exhaust
  • Hungarian: kifogyhatatlan — impossible to exhaust
  • Irish: do-ídithe — impossible to exhaust
  • Italian: inesauribile — impossible to exhaust
  • Macedonian: неи́сцрпен (neíscrpen) — impossible to exhaust
  • Macedonian: неи́сцрплив (neíscrpliv) — impossible to exhaust
  • Macedonian: непре́сушен (neprésušen) — impossible to exhaust
  • Manx: neufolmagh — impossible to exhaust
  • Manx: neuhraieagh — impossible to exhaust
  • Manx: neuleodagh — impossible to exhaust
  • Manx: neuyeeigagh — impossible to exhaust
  • Māori: manawawhenua — impossible to exhaust
  • Polish: niewyczerpany — impossible to exhaust
  • Russian: неисчерпа́емый (neisčerpájemyj) — impossible to exhaust
  • Russian: неиссяка́емый (neissjakájemyj) — impossible to exhaust
  • Russian: неистощи́мый (neistoščímyj) — impossible to exhaust
  • Spanish: inagotable — impossible to exhaust
  • Swedish: outtömlig — impossible to exhaust
  • Ukrainian: невиче́рпний (nevyčérpnyj) — impossible to exhaust
  • Welsh: dihysbydd — impossible to exhaust