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ageless

ageless

5 5.7
Continuing to be important or true for a very long time
  • adjective
  • /ˈeɪdʒləs/
translation icon : eterno
  • Displacement, after all, is an ageless problem.

Displacement, after all, is an ageless problem.

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Examples

  • But the human delights of that city only served to remind her of the ageless child she had become.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The beauty of the ocean is ageless, remaining unchanged through the centuries.

  • But to my kind, the land was ageless.

  • In these articles, we try to address some of these ageless questions.

    Blog text (23)
  • For example, they create an ageless world that takes the sting out of death.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In ageless sleep she finds repose.

  • Occasionally though, it's something more, something primal and ageless.

  • The best part is many of them live on, ageless and evolving as new mediums surface.

    Blog text (17)
  • Indeed, this time and place became an ageless abstraction by which the present and the future were measured and evaluated.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In this perspective, memory appears to be an innate and ageless endowment of human consciousness.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

permanent
vsageless
650 3.2

Continuing for a long time and unlikely to change

can mean lasting forever or seeming unchanged across all time
eternal
vsageless
362 4.3

Lasting forever without end

also includes appearing never to end or valid for all time
endless
vsageless
350 2.5

Continuing for a very long time and not stopping

emphasizes both real endlessness and the sense of agelessness
immortal
vsageless
131 6.7

Living forever and never dying

covers lasting or seeming timeless rather than biological immortality
perpetual
vsageless
93 5.8

Lasting for a very long time without stopping

stresses ongoing existence but also covers seeming unchanged over time
timeless
vsageless
70 4.6

Stays beautiful or important even as years pass

is more about eternal existence as well as appearing unchanged
everlasting
vsageless
39 4.5

Lasting forever without end

adds the idea of seeming not to age or remain valid
unending
vsageless
19 4.1

Lasting a long time without stopping

can also mean seeming timeless or valid across ages
dateless
vsageless
3 7.1

Not showing its age and seeming to fit any time

also covers permanent validity or seeming to last for all time
deathless
vsageless
  • Literature
3 8.2

Not dying and living forever

is about enduring or appearing not to age rather than literal immortality
undying
vsageless
2 5.5

Something that lasts forever and never ends

focuses more on lasting or seeming unchanged through time
sempiternal
vsageless
  • Literature
9.9

Lasting forever with no known beginning or end

matches eternal sense but also covers appearing permanently valid
eonian
vsageless
  • Literature
9.9

Lasting for a very long time, seeming to never end

is similar but includes the idea of seeming unaged or always valid
undecaying
vsageless
7.2

Stays whole and does not rot over time

broadens to lasting forever or seeming unaffected by time
intemporal
vsageless
  • Formal
9.9

Not changed by time so it stays true in any era

includes lasting forever meaning as well as being unaffected by time
agelong
vsageless
  • Archaic
8.4

Lasting for a very long time

extends that long duration to mean seeming endless or always valid

Antonyms

557 3.0

Lasting for a short time and not permanent

17 8.6

Lasting only a very short time

How Timeless

eternal
5 6.3
ageless
5 5.7
long-lasting
27 3.7
temporary
557 3.0

Surface Forms

ageless positive

Morphology

ageless = age (transparent) = age + less

Standard and directly interpretable derivation: 'age' + '-less' = without age; the meaning is clear to learners.

Etymology

The word ageless is made of age and -less, which means 'without age', so it describes things like books, plays, or ideas that seem to last forever and keep their meaning for all time.