limitless

[lim-it-lis]

adjective

1. without limit; boundless.

   limitless ambition; limitless space.

   Synonyms: countless, unending, measureless, unbounded

Other Word Forms

• limitlessly adverb
• limitlessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of limitless¹

First recorded in 1575–85; limit + -less

Example Sentences

But Mr. Abeysekera’s lively turn makes Hamlet’s death feel that much more piteous—a young man of limitless intellect and energies cut down before his life has properly begun.

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But the conversation reverberating around the sport on Sunday was about how the team with the seemingly limitless budget imploded.

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“Plenary authority” is a legal term that indicates someone has limitless power.

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Fresh from his sentencing in the "Libyan money" trial on Thursday, he spoke with incandescent rage about the "limitless hatred" of which he said he was still a victim.

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Sam Smethers, chief executive of Surviving Economic Abuse, says unlimited contactless cards give controlling partners the opportunity for limitless economic abuse.

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Related Words

• bottomless 
• boundless 
• endless 
• immeasurable 
• immense 
• incomprehensible 
• inexhaustible 
• unending 
• unfathomable 
• unlimited 
• vast