countless

A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.

Adjective

  1. Synonym of uncountable.
    • The stars in the sky are countless.

    Synonyms: uncountable

  2. Too large to be counted to.
    • Just stop and think deeply for a moment and realize the countless number of the grains of sand of the seashore; the countless number of drops of water that go to make up the waters of the earth; […] - 2021, Baird T....

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English countless From count + -less.

Synonyms

numberless incalculable

Derived

countlessly countlessness

Determiner

  1. A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
    • There are countless stars in the sky.
    • He endured countless insults hurled at him before people finally respected him for his courage and his great ability as a baseball player. - 2020, Pat Mann, 100 Life-Challenging Devotionals:

    Antonyms: a couple of a few a handful of several one zero no

    Hypernyms: many numerous multiple various