countless
English
editEtymology
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editDeterminer
editcountless
- (of a count noun) A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
- Antonyms: a couple of, a few, a handful of, several; one; zero, no
- Hypernyms: many, numerous; multiple, various
- There are countless stars in the sky.
- 2020, Pat Mann, 100 Life-Challenging Devotionals:
- He endured countless insults hurled at him before people finally respected him for his courage and his great ability as a baseball player.
Adjective
editcountless (not comparable)
- Synonym of uncountable.
- The stars in the sky are countless.
- (of a number) Too large to be counted to.
- 2021, Baird T. Spalding, The Journey:
- 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; […]
Synonyms
edit- numberless, see also Thesaurus:innumerable or Thesaurus:incalculable
Derived terms
editTranslations
edittoo many to count, innumerable