boundless

/'baundlis/

Thân thiện

The child's boundless energy kept him running and playing all afternoon.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having no bounds or limits; seemingly infinite in extent, amount, or degree: Describes something so vast, extensive, or abundant that it appears to have no end or boundary.

Usage and Examples

• General Usage:

  • The explorers gazed at the boundless desert stretching to the horizon.
  • She has a boundless imagination that creates entire worlds in her stories.
  • His boundless optimism helped him overcome many challenges.

• Common Collocations:

  • Boundless energy: The toddler seemed to have boundless energy, running and playing all day.
  • Boundless enthusiasm: Her boundless enthusiasm for the project inspired the whole team.
  • Boundless opportunities: The new technology opened up boundless opportunities for innovation.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• Emphatic Use: Often used for emphasis to convey an extreme or overwhelming quality.
  • We were filled with boundless gratitude for their help.
• Poetic/Literary Context: Frequently found in literature to describe nature, emotions, or abstract concepts.
  • He felt a boundless love for his newborn child.

Variants and Related Words

• Boundlessly (adverb): In a boundless manner; infinitely.
  • She loved her family boundlessly.
• Boundlessness (noun): The quality or state of being boundless.
  • The boundlessness of the universe is a common theme in astronomy.

Synonyms

• Limitless: Having no limit.
• Infinite: Without end or limit.
• Unbounded: Not limited or restricted.
• Vast: Of very great extent or size; immense.
• Immeasurable: Too large, extensive, or extreme to measure.

Antonyms

• Limited: Restricted in size, amount, or extent.
• Finite: Having limits or bounds.
• Bounded: Having a boundary; limited.
• Confined: Kept within limits; restricted.

Idioms and Fixed Phrases

• (To have) boundless curiosity: An intense and unlimited desire to know or learn.
  • A good scientist must have boundless curiosity.
• Boundless as the ocean: A simile emphasizing extreme vastness or limitlessness.
  • His patience was boundless as the ocean.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
   • unbounded enthusiasm
   • children with boundless energy
   • a limitless supply of money

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unbounded
• limitless