countless

1. 1.

   too numerous to be counted

   “countless hours”

   “an infinite number of reasons”

   “innumerable difficulties”

   “the multitudinous seas”

   “myriad stars”

   Synonymsinfiniteinnumerableinnumerousmultitudinousmyriadnumberlessuncountedunnumberableunnumberedunnumerable

   Similarincalculable

Other forms of countless

comparative

countlesser·

superlative

countlessest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about countless

What does countless mean?

countless means "too numerous to be counted".

How many syllables are in countless?

countless has 2 syllables: count-less. The stress falls on "count". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊntləs/.

What is another word for countless?

Close synonyms include infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is countless a common word?

countless is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.