endless B1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /ˈɛndlɪs/ See IPA manual Freq #5157 Meanings 1 adj Having no end, or seeming to continue forever They drove for hours along an endless desert road. 2 adj Very many or too much to count She had an endless list of things to do before the party. 3 adj Boringly long and seemingly without end The endless meeting dragged on all afternoon. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having no end, or seeming... unendingeternal 2 adj · very many or too much to count innumerable 3 adj · boringly long and seemingly... interminable More ceaselessinfinitenever-endingtermlessunendlyunlimited ↔ Opposites finitelimited Word family Derived forms endlesslyendlessness Etymology AI details From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less. endeles Middle English endelēas Old English *andijalausaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # endless **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɛndlɪs/ **Frequency rank:** 5157 ## Meanings 1. Having no end, or seeming to continue forever 2. Very many or too much to count 3. Boringly long and seemingly without end ## Examples - They drove for hours along an endless desert road. - She had an endless list of things to do before the party. - The endless meeting dragged on all afternoon. ## Synonyms - ceaseless - eternal - infinite - never-ending - termless - unendly - unlimited ## Antonyms - finite - limited ## Derived Forms - endlessly - endlessness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: endeles - Root: endelēas - Root: *andijalausaz - Affix: -less - without ## Etymology From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less. ## AI Etymology Endless comes from Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less. In current use, the main senses are “Having no end, or seeming to continue forever” and “Very many or too much to count”. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown