limitless
/'limitlis/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having no limits or boundaries; seemingly infinite in amount, number, degree, or extent. This describes something that appears to have no end, restriction, or maximum capacity.
- Without limits in range, scope, size, or quantity. This describes something that is unrestricted and all-encompassing.
Usage and Examples
- As an adjective:
- The universe is thought to be limitless. (It is believed to have no boundaries.)
- She has limitless patience when teaching her students. (Her patience seems to have no end.)
- The internet provides limitless information. (The amount of information available appears boundless.)
Advanced Usage
- "the limitless reaches of...": Used to describe the vast, unbounded expanse of something abstract or physical.
- Scientists explore the limitless reaches of human consciousness.
- "a limitless supply of...": Emphasizes an apparently inexhaustible quantity of something.
- He approached the project with a limitless supply of creative ideas.
Variants and Related Words
- Limitlessly (adverb): In a way that has no limits.
- The possibilities expanded limitlessly.
- Limitlessness (noun): The quality or state of being without limits.
- The limitlessness of the desert was awe-inspiring.
Synonyms
- Boundless: Having no boundaries; infinite.
- Unlimited: Not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent.
- Infinite: Limitless or endless in space, extent, or size; impossible to measure or calculate.
- Vast: Of very great extent or quantity; immense.
Antonyms
- Limited: Restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short.
- Finite: Having limits or bounds.
- Restricted: Limited in extent, number, scope, or action.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- The sky's the limit: An idiom meaning there is no upper limit or restriction on what can be achieved. While not using the exact word "limitless," it conveys a similar concept of boundless potential.
- With your talent, the sky's the limit for your career.
Adjective
- seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
- unbounded enthusiasm
- children with boundless energy
- a limitless supply of money
- having no limits in range or scope
- to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism- Philip Rahv
- the limitless reaches of outer space
- without limits in extent or size or quantity
- limitless vastness of our solar system