infinite
Syllables: in·fi·niteUK/ˈɪnfɪnɪt//ˈɪnfɪnɪt/
infinite adjective: indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
Adjective
infinite (comparative more infinite, superlative most infinite)
- Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- The number is so infinite, that verily it would be an easier matter for me to reckon up those that have feared the same.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least cannot sink.1735, Henry Brooke, Universal Beauty
- Synonyms:
- immeasurable, inestimable, vast
- Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
- Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 147:5
- Synonyms:
- amaranthine, boundless, endless, interminable, limitless, unbounded, unending, unlimited, ageful, agelong
- Infinitely many.
- Huxley's theory says that if you provide infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters, some monkey somewhere will eventually create a masterpiece – a play by Shakespeare, a Platonic dialogue, or an economic treatise by Adam Smith.2012, Helen Donelan, Karen Kear, Magnus Ramage, Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader
- Synonyms:
- countless, innumerable, numberless, uncountable, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, untold
- Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
- Having infinitely many elements.
- For any infinite set, there is a 1-1 correspondence between it and at least one of its proper subsets. For example, there is a 1-1 correspondence between the set of natural numbers and the set of squares of natural numbers, which is a proper subset of the set of natural numbers.2009, Brandon C. Look, “Symbolic Logic II, Lecture 2: Set Theory”, in www.uky.edu/~look, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2018
- Not limited by person or number.
- Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
Numeral
infinite
- Infinitely many.
Noun
infinite (plural infinites)
- Something that is infinite in nature.
- Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love.1827–1879 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Part I”, in The Lover’s Tale, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], published 1879, →OCLC, pages 34–35
- Cautiously, Hobbes avoided asserting the equality of these infinites, and explicitly characterized the relation between them as non-inequality.2004, Teun Koetsier, Luc Bergmans, Mathematics and the Divine: A Historical Study, page 449
- A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption.
- […] prevents overpowered combos and infinites […]2007, Adam Deats, Joe Epstein, Virtua Fighter 5, page 14
infinite meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
infinite in Hindi
- figuratively, very large
- अपरिमित aprimit
- boundless, endless
- अनंत anant, अनन्त anant, असीम asīm, अपरिमित aprimit
- greater than any positive quantity or magnitude
- अनन्त anant
infinite in Tamil
- முடிவிலா, ஈறிலி
infinite in Marathi
- अनंत
infinite in Urdu
- boundless, endless
- لامتناہی lāmutanāhī
More languagesFewer languages
- infinite in Bengali
- অসীম, অনন্ত, অশেষ, অসংখ্য
- infinite in Telugu
- అనంతము anantamu
- infinite in Malayalam
- അനന്തം
- infinite in Kannada
- ಅನಂತ ananta
- infinite in Punjabi
- ਅਨੰਤ
- infinite in Gujarati
- અનંત
- infinite in Odia
- ଅସୀମ, ଅନନ୍ତ
- infinite in Sanskrit
- अनन्त ananta, अदिति aditi
- infinite in Sinhala
- අනන්ත ananta
- infinite in Tagalog
- awangganin
- infinite in Malay
- tidak terbatas, tidak terhad
- infinite in Indonesian
- nirbatas
- infinite in Thai
- อนันต์ à-nan, ไม่มีที่สิ้นสุด
- infinite in Vietnamese
- vô bờ, bất tận, vô hạn
- infinite in Myanmar
- အနန္တ a.nanta.
Examples of infinite in a sentence
- The axiom of choice is equivalent to the proposition that every infinite cardinal is an aleph.
- The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield.
- Co-recursive algorithms allow infinite large objects to be used without necessarily running out of memory.
Synonyms of infinite
- immeasurable
- inestimable
- vast
- amaranthine
- boundless
- endless
- interminable
- limitless
- unbounded
- unending
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- unlimited
- ageful
- agelong
- celestial
- enduring
- eternal
- evergreen
- everlasting
- forever
- heavenly
- imperishable
- never-ending
- perennial
- permanent
- perpetual
- perpetuate
- persistent
- sempiternal
- timeless
- undeadly
- undying
- countless
- innumerable
- numberless
- uncountable
- uncounted
- unnumberable
- unnumbered
- untold
- bottomless
Antonyms
Forms of infinite
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more infinite |
| superlative | most infinite |
| Noun | |
| plural | infinites |
Origin of infinite
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.
Words formed from infinite
- 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
Phrases with infinite
Questions about infinite
- What does infinite mean?
- Infinite means indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- What is infinite in Hindi?
- Infinite in Hindi is अपरिमित (aprimit), अनन्त (anant), अनंत (anant). See Infinite meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is infinite?
- Infinite can be an adjective, a numeral or a noun.
- How do you pronounce infinite?
- Infinite is pronounced /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/ (UK).
Words near infinite in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: infinite (page history and authors); infinite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infinite (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infinite (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అనంతము (Telugu) (page history and authors); infinite (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಅನಂತ (Kannada) (page history and authors); infinite (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infinite (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infinite (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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