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boundless

boundless

26 5.0
Having no limit in size or amount
  • adjective
  • /ˈbaʊnd.ləs/
: inagotable
  • Taken together, these developments point to an almost boundless demand for private capital.
  • boundless energy
  • boundless enthusiasm
  • boundless love

Egoism, he says, is boundless, left to its own devices.

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Examples

  • I've always felt it and I want young people growing up today to have that same sense of boundless opportunity.

  • The history of Europe is the history of a boundless faith in the power of the will.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The world of imagination is boundless.

  • I want to give a round of applause to our host for his boundless generosity.

  • As it turns out, boundless freedom isn't always helpful.

  • One is a widespread, boundless faith in the miracles that can be wrought by technology.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Their songs brought to her mind images of boundless green and sudden torrential rainstorms.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Both Grove and Mendelssohn possessed boundless energy and were vessels of multiple talents.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Vacation was drawing to a close, and my frustration with Lug and Mariah was boundless.

  • The world of imagination is boundless.

Synonyms

unlimited
vsboundless
167 1.5

Having no end and no rules to stop it

speaks more to open-ended extent rather than permission or rule
endless
vsboundless
111 2.5

Very large in number that seems to have no limit

highlights lack of borders or limits rather than just time
limitless
vsboundless
39 4.0

Very large and without any end

focuses on the same endless quality across amount and extent
bottomless
vsboundless
17 4.9

So large that it seems to have no limit

uses a general limitless idea rather than a depth image
immeasurable
vsboundless
14 5.5

So large or great you cannot say how big

focuses on seeming limitlessness rather than measurement impossibility
incalculable
vsboundless
12 8.1

Too great to measure or count

is about general boundlessness rather than counting or maths limits
beyond measure
vsboundless
10 4.6

To a very great degree

states the same unlimited idea more compactly and emphatically
inexhaustible
vsboundless
10 6.5

Too large for people to use up

refers instead to being unlimited in amount or extent
unbounded
vsboundless
5 6.3

Not limited in amount or size

emphasizes the general idea of being without any boundaries
inestimable
vsboundless
3 8.6

So great that you cannot measure its value

covers being without borders rather than the difficulty of estimating
measureless
vsboundless
  • Literature
1 7.5

Very large in size or number with no clear limit

is concerned more broadly with seeming absence of any boundary
shoreless
vsboundless
  • Literature
1 7.2

Having no limit, like a sea that goes on forever

uses the same limitless sense but without the water image
immensurable
vsboundless
9.9

Too great to measure

portrays general lack of borders rather than measurement failure

Antonyms

907 2.5

Available only in small amounts or to a few people

58 4.1

A thing that has a limit in amount, size, or time

How Boundless

boundless
26 5.0
unbounded
5 6.3
limited
907 2.5
restricted
149 3.9
confined
61 3.7

Surface Forms

boundless positive
boundlesser comparative
boundlessest superlative

Morphology

boundless = bound (transparent) = bound + less

Meaning is directly derived from the noun 'bound' (limit) + the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', yielding 'without limits'.

Etymology

The word boundless comes from bound meaning 'limit' or 'edge' and the ending -less meaning 'without'. Think of a field with no fence or edge. That's why boundless means 'without limits' or 'unlimited'.