timeless

English

Etymology

time +‎ -less

Adjective

timeless (comparative more timeless, superlative most timeless)

Eternal.
- c. 1743, Edward Young, The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, Night 2: On Time, Death, and Friendship,
  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.
(obsolete) Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 4,
  Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?
- 1725, Alexander Pope (translator), The Odyssey of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Book 3, lines 427-430, p. 143,
  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.
Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.
The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.

Synonyms

(eternal): eternal, everlasting, immortal, infinite, never-ending, sempiternal
(not affected by time): ageless

Antonyms

(eternal): finite, limited
(not affected by time): aged, old

Derived terms

terms derived from timeless

timeless existence
timelessly
timeless moment

timelessness
timeless Test
untimeless

Translations

eternal — see eternal

ageless — see ageless

untimely — see untimely

not decreasing over time in quality and appeal

French: intemporel (fr)
German: zeitlos (de)

Greek: διαχρονικός (el) (diachronikós)
Swedish: tidlös (sv)

See also

eternal now

Anagrams

Steimels, Steimles, listemes, smelties

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