timeless

B2
US /ˈtaɪmləs/
adj noun Freq #18902

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Eternal.

    When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d, (Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose.

  2. 2
    adj

    Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.

    Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?

  3. 3
    adj

    Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.

    The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.

  4. 4
    adj

    Without a time limit; untimed.

    a timeless cricket match

  5. 5
    adj

    unaffected by time

  6. 6
    adj

    Not affected by time; ageless.

  7. 7
    noun

    A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.

Etymology

From time + -less.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · eternal. eternal
2 adj · done at an improper time;... ill-timed
3 adj · not decreasing over time in... undiminishableunfading
5 adj · unaffected by time dateless
6 adj · not affected by time; ageless. ageless
More achronicatemporaleverlastingextratemporalimmortalinfinitenever-endingsempiternaluntimely
Opposites
agedfinitelimitedoldsempiternaltemporaltimely
Word family
Derived forms timelesslytimelessnessuntimeless
Related forms timelesslytimelessness

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