no end

Examples

• All

• There seemed to be no end to them, no pattern.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Good Lord, you bother me to no end.

  The Choice (2016)

• I love you, both of you, to no end.

  Torn: Dark Bullets (2020)

• There appears to be no end to that tendency.

  Academic text (2014)

• My previous gal and I used to fight to no end about the topic.

  Blog text (29)

• Is there no end to your jealousy?

  The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

• I believe there's no end to what you can do if you set your mind to it.

  A Troll in Central Park (1994)

• We gather in anger that these things continue with no end in sight.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Lord, though he exasperates me to no end, I am grateful for my son.

  Breakthrough (2019)

• When you are single in New York, there is no end to the ways to fill your days.

Synonyms

I

indefinitely

vsno end

104 4.8

For a time with no set end

implies a long time but with more informal emphasis rather than uncertainty

E

endlessly

vsno end

73 2.3

Without stopping for a very long time

is more informal and suggests a very long time

I

infinitely

vsno end

62 4.8

To a very great degree without any limit

focuses more on long time in everyday speech rather than limitless scale

E

eternally

vsno end

53 5.2

For all time without end

is more informal and less formal or solemn in tone

N

nonstop

vsno end

42 1.3

Continuing without any stops or pauses

is more idiomatic for saying something lasts a very long time

I

in perpetuity

vsno end

• Formal

16 7.8

A time that lasts forever

is less formal and used more in everyday speech

A

ad infinitum

vsno end

• Formal

7 8.8

Going on forever without any limit

is the casual everyday way to say very long time

C

ceaselessly

vsno end

6 5.3

Without stopping

carries a more casual tone about long duration

E

evermore

vsno end

• Archaic

3 8.9

Continues for all future time

is informal and fits everyday speech rather than poetry

U

until the cows come home

vsno end

• Informal

3 8.5

For a very long time that seems to never end

is less colorful and more general in casual speech

I

interminably

vsno end

2 7.6

In a way that goes on for a very long time with no end in sight

is used more casually to mean very long rather than poetic

U

until hell freezes over

vsno end

• Informal

1 9.5

For a very long time, often to say something will never happen

is less absolute and simply means a very long time

F

forever and a day

vsno end

• Archaic

1 5.3

For a very long time with no clear end

is similar but more neutral in everyday use

U

unendingly

vsno end

1 5.8

Without stopping for a long time

is informal and feels more like common speech

E

everlastingly

vsno end

1 7.4

In a way that lasts forever

is more casual and commonly used in conversation

B

boundlessly

vsno end

1 6.3

Without limits or end

refers to long time in ordinary speech rather than vastness

L

limitlessly

vsno end

1 5.6

In a way that has no end or limit

uses a casual phrase to stress duration rather than infinite scope

U

until kingdom come

vsno end

• Informal

8.6

For a very long time, possibly forever

is plainer and more direct for the same idea

U

unto the ages of ages

vsno end

• Archaic

9.9

For a very long time that never ends

is informal and used in ordinary contexts

Antonyms

B

briefly

414 1.0

For a short time or in a few words

T

temporarily

222 3.2

For a short time and not permanent

How Long

endlessly

73 2.3

no end

• Informal

20 7.7

a long time

∞ 1.0

for the moment

189 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology