timelessness C2+ Topic:Time US /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/ UK /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being unaffected by the passage of time The cathedral's timelessness moved every visitor who entered. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... eternitypermanenceperpetuityimmortality ↔ Opposites transienceimpermanenceephemerality Word family Related forms timelesstimetimelessly Etymology AI details From timeless (time + -less) + the abstract-noun suffix -ness; time is from Old English tima ('time, period'), from Proto-Germanic *timon. tima Old English *timon Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Time Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # timelessness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being unaffected by the passage of time ## Examples - The cathedral's timelessness moved every visitor who entered. ## Synonyms - eternity - permanence - perpetuity - immortality ## Antonyms - transience - impermanence - ephemerality ## Related Forms - timeless - time - timelessly ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tima - Root: *timon ## Etymology From timeless (time + -less) + the abstract-noun suffix -ness; time is from Old English tima ('time, period'), from Proto-Germanic *timon. ## AI Etymology Timelessness comes from timeless (time + -less) + the abstract-noun suffix -ness; time is from Old English tima ('time, period'), from Proto-Germanic *timon. The suffix is part of the word's derivational shape, marking the final grammatical or semantic role while the base supplies the central meaning. As a noun, it denotes "the quality of being unaffected by the passage of time", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Old English tima and Proto-Germanic *timon. Related words include timeless, time, timelessly. ## Topics - Time - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown