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seamless

adj · 5 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having no seams.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • seamless clothing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Without interruption; coherent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a seamless transition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not having or joined by a seam or seams

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • seamless stockings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: seamed

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

perfectly consistent and coherent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the novel's seamless plot

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

smooth, especially of skin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his cheeks were unlined
  • his unseamed face

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unlined, unseamed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English seemles, semeles, semles, Old English *sēamlēas, equivalent to seam + -less. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål sømløs (“seamless”), Swedish sömlös (“seamless”).

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: бясшво́вы (bjasšvóvy) — Having no seams
  • Bulgarian: безшевен (bezševen) — Having no seams
  • Catalan: inconsútil — Having no seams
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無縫 /无缝 (wúfèng) — Having no seams
  • Czech: bezešvý — Having no seams
  • Dutch: naadloos — Having no seams
  • Finnish: saumaton — Having no seams
  • French: sans couture — Having no seams
  • French: inconsutile — Having no seams
  • Galician: sen costura — Having no seams
  • German: fugenlos — Having no seams
  • German: nahtfrei — Having no seams
  • German: nahtlos — Having no seams
  • Hungarian: varrás nélküli — Having no seams
  • Italian: ininterrotto — Having no seams
  • Italian: trasparente — Having no seams
  • Italian: impeccabile — Having no seams
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sømløs — Having no seams
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saumlaus — Having no seams
  • Occitan: sensa cosedura — Having no seams
  • Occitan: inconsutil — Having no seams
  • Persian: بیدرز (bi-darz) — Having no seams
  • Polish: bezszwowy — Having no seams
  • Portuguese: inconsútil — Having no seams
  • Romanian: fără cusătură — Having no seams
  • Russian: бесшовный (besšovnyj) — Having no seams
  • Spanish: inconsútil — Having no seams
  • Spanish: sin costura — Having no seams
  • Swedish: sömlös — Having no seams
  • Turkish: dikişsiz — Having no seams
  • Ukrainian: безшо́вний (bezšóvnyj) — Having no seams
  • Chinese Mandarin: 絲滑 /丝滑 (sīhuá) — Without interruption; coherent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無縫 /无缝 (wúfèng) — Without interruption; coherent
  • Czech: jednolitý — Without interruption; coherent
  • Czech: celistvý — Without interruption; coherent
  • Dutch: naadloos — Without interruption; coherent
  • Finnish: saumaton — Without interruption; coherent
  • French: homogène — Without interruption; coherent
  • French: intégré — Without interruption; coherent
  • French: ininterrompu — Without interruption; coherent
  • French: continu — Without interruption; coherent
  • German: nahtlos — Without interruption; coherent
  • German: makellos — Without interruption; coherent
  • Hungarian: zökkenőmentes — Without interruption; coherent
  • Italian: ininterrotto — Without interruption; coherent
  • Polish: nieprzerwany — Without interruption; coherent
  • Polish: ciągły — Without interruption; coherent
  • Romanian: omogen — Without interruption; coherent
  • Russian: непреры́вный (neprerývnyj) — Without interruption; coherent
  • Spanish: ininterrumpido — Without interruption; coherent
  • Spanish: de una — Without interruption; coherent
  • Spanish: fluido — Without interruption; coherent
  • Spanish: fluente — Without interruption; coherent
  • Spanish: fluyente — Without interruption; coherent
  • Spanish: continuo — Without interruption; coherent
  • Spanish: continuado — Without interruption; coherent
  • Spanish: sin fisuras — Without interruption; coherent
  • Turkish: muntazam — Without interruption; coherent
  • Turkish: mükemmel — Without interruption; coherent
  • Turkish: yetkin — Without interruption; coherent