timeless

Etymology

Definitions

1. 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.
2. 2

   Not affected by time

   Not affected by time; ageless.

3. 3

   Done at an improper time

   Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.

   • Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?
   • 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.
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   1. 4

      Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.

      • The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.
   2. 5

      Without a time limit

      Without a time limit; untimed.

      • a timeless cricket match
   3. 6

      Outside of time

      Outside of time; extratemporal.

   4. 7

      A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in…

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

The neighborhood

• synonymeverlasting
• synonymimmortal
• synonyminfinite
• synonymnever-ending
• synonymsempiternal
• synonymeternal
• synonymuntimely
• synonymachronic
• synonymatemporal
• synonymextratemporal
• synonymtimeless
• antonymfiniteantonym(s) of “eternal”
• antonymlimitedantonym(s) of “eternal”
• antonymagedantonym(s) of “not affected by time”
• antonymoldantonym(s) of “not affected by time”
• antonymsempiternalantonym(s) of “not affected by time”
• antonymtimelyantonym(s) of “done at an improper time”
• antonymtemporal
• neighbortimelessly
• neighbortimelessness
• neighborageless