boundless

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbaʊndləs/ UK /ˈbaʊndləs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having no limits; unbounded or vast

Her boundless energy exhausted everyone around her.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having no limits; unbounded... limitless infinite unbounded vast immeasurable endless unlimited

Opposites

limited finite bounded restricted

Word family

Derived forms boundlesslyboundlessness

Related forms bound boundary

Etymology

From bound (limit) + -less. Bound ('boundary') comes from Old French bonde, bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina ('boundary marker'), of probably Gaulish origin.

bodina Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# boundless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈbaʊndləs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbaʊndləs/

## Meanings
1. having no limits; unbounded or vast

## Examples
- Her boundless energy exhausted everyone around her.

## Synonyms
- limitless
- infinite
- unbounded
- vast
- immeasurable
- endless
- unlimited

## Antonyms
- limited
- finite
- bounded
- restricted

## Derived Forms
- boundlessly
- boundlessness

## Related Forms
- bound
- boundary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bodina

## Etymology
From bound (limit) + -less. Bound ('boundary') comes from Old French bonde, bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina ('boundary marker'), of probably Gaulish origin.

## AI Etymology
Boundless is from bound (limit) + -less. Bound ('boundary') comes from Old French bonde, bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina ('boundary marker'), of probably Gaulish origin. Important recorded forms include bodina (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers having no limits; unbounded or vast. The wider family includes derived forms such as boundlessly and boundlessness and related words such as bound and boundary.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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