endless

 
  Grep  of  noun  endless 
  endlessness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  endless 
 
  The  adj  endless  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  endless,  eternal,  interminable  --  (tiresomely  long;  seemingly  without  end  "endless  debates";  "an  endless  conversation";  "the  wait  seemed  eternal";  "eternal  quarreling";  "an  interminable  sermon") 
  2.  (3)  endless  --  (infinitely  great  in  number;  "endless  waves") 
  3.  dateless,  endless,  sempiternal  --  (having  no  known  beginning  and  presumably  no  end  "the  dateless  rise  and  fall  of  the  tides";  "time  is  endless";  "sempiternal  truth") 
  4.  endless  --  (having  the  ends  united  so  as  to  form  a  continuous  whole;  "an  endless  chain") 
  5.  incessant,  perpetual,  endless  --  (occurring  so  frequently  as  to  seem  ceaseless  or  uninterrupted;  "a  child's  incessant  questions";  "your  perpetual  (or  continual)  complaints") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  endless 
 
  5  senses  of  endless 
 
  Sense  1 
  endless,  eternal,  interminable 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  long)  ->  short 
 
  Sense  2 
  endless 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  infinite)  ->  finite 
 
  Sense  3 
  dateless,  endless,  sempiternal 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  infinite)  ->  finite 
 
  Sense  4 
  endless 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  continuous)  ->  discontinuous,  noncontinuous 
 
  Sense  5 
  incessant,  perpetual,  endless 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  continual)  ->  sporadic 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  endless 
 
  5  senses  of  endless 
 
  Sense  1 
  endless,  eternal,  interminable 
  =>  long  (vs.  short) 
 
  Sense  2 
  endless 
  =>  infinite  (vs.  finite) 
 
  Sense  3 
  dateless,  endless,  sempiternal 
  =>  infinite  (vs.  finite) 
 
  Sense  4 
  endless 
  =>  continuous  (vs.  discontinuous),  uninterrupted 
 
  Sense  5 
  incessant,  perpetual,  endless 
  =>  continual  (vs.  sporadic) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  endless 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  endless 
 
  endless  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  endless 
  endless 
  friendless 
 
  Overview  of  adj  endless 
 
  The  adj  endless  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  endless,  eternal,  interminable  --  (tiresomely  long;  seemingly  without  end  "endless  debates";  "an  endless  conversation";  "the  wait  seemed  eternal";  "eternal  quarreling";  "an  interminable  sermon") 
  2.  (3)  endless  --  (infinitely  great  in  number;  "endless  waves") 
  3.  dateless,  endless,  sempiternal  --  (having  no  known  beginning  and  presumably  no  end  "the  dateless  rise  and  fall  of  the  tides";  "time  is  endless";  "sempiternal  truth") 
  4.  endless  --  (having  the  ends  united  so  as  to  form  a  continuous  whole;  "an  endless  chain") 
  5.  incessant,  perpetual,  endless  --  (occurring  so  frequently  as  to  seem  ceaseless  or  uninterrupted;  "a  child's  incessant  questions";  "your  perpetual  (or  continual)  complaints") 

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