US /ɪˈlɪmɪtəbəl/ UK /ɪˈlɪmɪtəbəl/
adj Freq #228103

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    incapable of being limited or bounded; measureless

    After months at sea, the illimitable ocean seemed more like a desert of water than a path to adventure.

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Synonyms
1 adj · incapable of being limited... limitlessboundlessinfinitemeasureless
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms illimitablyillimitability
Related forms limit

Etymology

Formed from il-, the assimilated form of the negative prefix in-, + limitable. It has meant "incapable of being bounded" since the late sixteenth century.

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