endless Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite tiresomely long; seemingly without end
    interminable; eternal.
    • endless debates
    • an endless conversation
    • the wait seemed eternal
    • eternal quarreling
    • an interminable sermon
  2. adjective satellite infinitely great in number
    • endless waves
  3. adjective satellite having no known beginning and presumably no end
    sempiternal; dateless.
    • the dateless rise and fall of the tides
    • time is endless
    • sempiternal truth
  4. adjective satellite having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole
    • an endless chain

WordNet


End"less adjective
Etymology
AS. endeleás. See End.
Definitions
  1. Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.
  2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited. Shak.
  3. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. R. "All loves are endless." Beau. & Fl.
  4. Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit. Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited; incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual; unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable.

Webster 1913