English Explanatory Dictionary

infinite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
  2. Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
  3. Infinitely many.
  4. Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
  5. Having infinitely many elements.
  6. Not limited by person or number.
  7. Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
num
  1. Infinitely many.
noun
  1. Something that is infinite in nature.
  2. A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/ /ˈɪnfənɪt/ /ɪnˈfajnajʈ/ En-us-infinite.ogg

Word forms

infinite more infinite most infinite infinites

Etymology

From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.

Synonyms

bottomless boundless endless infinite limitless unbottomed unbounded unlimited universal immeasurable inestimable vast amaranthine interminable unending ageful agelong celestial enduring eternal eterne everduring evergreen everlasting eviternal forever heavenly imperishable indesinent lasting never-ending perennial permanent perpetual perpetuate persistent sempiternal timeless undeadly undying countless innumerable numberless uncountable uncounted unnumberable unnumbered untold

Antonyms

finite infinitesimal limited noninfinite uninfinite

Related words

infinitive immense vast continuous deep eternal

Derived words

biinfinite bi-infinite doubly infinite infinifat infinigon infinitate infinite canon infinite continued fraction infinite descent infinite-dimensional infinite hotel paradox infinite loop infinitely infinite money glitch infinite monkey theorem infiniteness infinite recursion infinite regress infinite runner infinite scroll infinite series infinitesimal infinite suicide infinitillion infinitism infinitist infinitize infinitude infinity infiniverse in one's infinite wisdom noninfinite pseudoinfinite semi-infinite superinfinite
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