timeless
timeless
Definition
time·less (tīm′lis)
adjective
- that cannot be measured by time; unending
- transcending time; eternal
- restricted to no specific time; always valid, true, or applicable
- Obsolete untimely
time′·lessly adverb
time′·less·ness noun
timeless
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- elegance: The timeless elegance of the classic metal alarm clock, with the usability of the modern digital LED unit.
- classic: On the journey I will be singing Rod Stewart's timeless classic, ' I am Sailing ' to keep my spirits up.
- eternity: For Aquinas also timeless eternity constituted part of the ' grammar ' of talking about God.
- masterpiece: Timeless classic masterpiece This was the musical I enjoyed before I knew what musicals even were.
- fable: It's a timeless, paranoid fable that grabs at the emotions, negates the intellect, and reduces everything to absolutes.
- beauty: La Champagne is a region of timeless natural beauty.
Modifying Another Word
- seemingly: Magical and seemingly timeless, the hilltop stands of beeches were a favorite subject of the modern artist John Piper.
- truly: The elegant Daytona range has a truly timeless appeal.
- absolutely: And, for my money, the intensely danceable " The Light Pours Out of Me " is absolutely timeless.
- almost: There's the bus driver, for one, who finds an almost timeless paradise in the old bus depot in Waldorf Street.
- yet: Memo holders are a classic, yet timeless, desk accessory.
- so: Birth is so timeless, so total, and we are so vulnerable.
Used with adjective complement
- remain: The undisputed king of glam rock whose music remains timeless.
- seem: With his unique ability to constantly reinvent himself Frankie Howerd seemed almost timeless in his appeal.
- sound: Other excerpts are more unexpected, with Stephen Cummings sounding timeless on the shimmering rolling thunder of All For Love.
- prove: Tolkien created a new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal.
- appear: I like my work to appear timeless, so that it has features both associated with the contemporary but also with the aged relic.
- feel: Each track feels timeless yet is undeniably steeped in 60âs folk, Walker Brothers production and a Leonard Cohen temperament.
Browse dictionary entries near timeless
- timekeeper
- timecard
- time zone
- time warp
- time value of money
- time value
- time travel
- Time to Live
- time-tested
- time study
- timeline
- timeliness
- timely
- timeous
- timeout
- timepiece
- timer
- times
- timesaving
- timeserver
