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timeless

timeless

70 4.6
Stays beautiful or important even as years pass
  • adjective
  • /ˈtaɪmləs/
translation icon : atemporal
  • Her artwork has a timeless quality, captivating viewers regardless of the era.
  • timeless and universal
  • timeless truth
  • timeless essence

So we'll talk about timeless trendy, maybe.

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Examples

  • Maybe it's because if the work is good, it's timeless.

  • All is calm, peaceful, weightless, timeless, and in harmony with God and myself.

    Academic text (2015)
  • So Glass, I think, is timeless if it's done in the right way.

  • Smith: It's my dream to make timeless music.

  • But it is as timeless and enduring as love itself.

  • The image is once again timeless, the elements of it simple: man, fire, flesh, food.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • These are some kind of timeless truths that you can hold onto.

  • The difficulty for a library to spend its collections budget efficiently is a timeless problem.

    Academic text (2015)
  • For the most part, the iconography of the doors consists of familiar, timeless themes.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The quiet sputtering of the fire had a timeless quality that soothed me.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

constant
vstimeless
360 2.7

Stays the same over time

means enduring appeal despite change, not a narrow focus on sameness
perennial
vstimeless
21 5.3

Continuing for a long time and often returning

refers to lasting beauty or relevance rather than mere recurrence
ageless
vstimeless
5 5.7

Continuing to be important or true for a very long time

focuses on staying beautiful, fashionable, or relevant despite changing times
dateless
vstimeless
3 7.1

Not showing its age and seeming to fit any time

emphasizes lasting beauty or relevance despite cultural and fashion changes
intemporal
vstimeless
  • Formal
9.9

Not changed by time so it stays true in any era

applies to things that remain stylish or relevant across changing eras

Antonyms

557 3.0

Lasting for a short time and not permanent

17 8.6

Lasting only a very short time

Idioms

Lasting for a very long time and never going out of style

Compounds

timeless existence
  • Literature
9.3

A state with no beginning or end, like life after death

How Timeless

eternal
362 4.3
classic
  • Literature
268 4.8
timeless
70 4.6
fashionable
85 2.6
dated
3 6.2

Surface Forms

timeless positive

Morphology

timeless = time (transparent) = time + less

The suffix '-less' clearly indicates the absence of 'time', making the meaning straightforward.

Etymology

Timeless is made of time and the ending -less, which means 'without' and is the same -less you see in endless. So timeless suggests being 'without time' or 'not changed by time', and we call a song, style, or idea timeless when it stays beautiful or useful even after many years.