timeless means eternal. It carries an Arena rating of 1479, earned across 6 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, timeless ranks #4,091 of 17,120 for Most Beautiful Words, #5,222 of 17,123 for Most Malleable Words, #6,233 of 17,113 for Most Elegant Words, #7,042 of 17,118 for Most Ponderous Words.
Why “timeless” is a great word
Timeless means not affected by the passage of time; eternal or ageless. Formed within English from the noun 'time' (from Old English 'tīma', a period or interval) + the suffix '-less' (from Old English '-lēas', meaning 'without'). Unlike 'timely', which exists in punctual harmony with the clock's demands, or 'antiquated', which is shackled to a bygone era, 'timeless' denotes a quality that simply will not erode. It is the geometry of a Grecian urn, the chord progression of a blues refrain, the cut of a woolen coat that never seems out of fashion—a quiet defiance against the current that carries all else away, occupying a plane where chronology becomes irrelevant.
adj
- Eternal.e.g.“When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d,
(Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush
To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose.”
- Not affected by time; ageless.
- Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.e.g.“Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?”
- Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.e.g.“The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.”
- Without a time limit; untimed.e.g.“a timeless cricket match”
- Outside of time; extratemporal.
noun
- A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.
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