formless

1. 1.

   having no definite form or distinct shape

   “amorphous clouds of insects”

   “an aggregate of formless particles”

   “a shapeless mass of protoplasm”

   Synonymsamorphousshapeless

   Similarunformed
2. 2.

   having no physical form

   “belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings”

   Similarunbodied

Other forms of formless

comparative

formlesser·

superlative

formlessest·

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 formless

What does formless mean?

formless means "having no definite form or distinct shape". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in formless?

formless has 2 syllables: form-less. The stress falls on "form".

What is another word for formless?

Close synonyms include amorphous, shapeless. 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 formless a common word?

formless is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.