timeless

Eternal.

Adjective

  1. Eternal.
    • When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d, (Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose. - c. 1743, Edward Young, “Night 2: On Time, Death, and Friendship”, in The...
  2. Not affected by time; ageless.
  3. Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
    • Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death? - c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act V, scene 4:
    • The lamp of day is quench’d beneath the deep, And soft approach the balmy hours of sleep: Nor fits it to prolong the heav’nly feast Timeless, indecent, but retire to rest. - 1725, Alexander, transl. Pope, The Odyssey of...
  4. Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.
    • The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.
  5. Without a time limit; untimed.
    • a timeless cricket match
  6. Outside of time; extratemporal.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time 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 timeless From time + -less.

Forms

more timeless most timeless

Synonyms

eternal everlasting immortal infinite never-ending sempiternal ageless ill-timed undiminishable unfading achronic atemporal extratemporal timeless

Antonyms

finite limited aged old sempiternal timely temporal

Hyponyms

ageless

Related

timelessly timelessness

Derived

timeless existence timelessly timeless moment timelessness timeless Test untimeless

Noun

  1. A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.

Related

eternal now