pointless

1. 1.

   not having a point especially a sharp point

   “my pencils are all pointless”

   Synonymsunpointed

   Antonymspointed

   Similarblunt
2. 2.

   serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

   “otiose lines in a play”

   “advice is wasted words”

   “a pointless remark”

   “a life essentially purposeless”

   “senseless violence”

   Synonymsotiosepurposelesssenselesssuperfluouswasted

   Similarworthless
3. 3.

   having no points scores

   “a scoreless inning”

   Synonymsscorelessgoallesshitless

   Similarunsuccessful

Other forms of pointless

comparative

pointlesser·

superlative

pointlessest·

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 pointless

What does pointless mean?

pointless means "not having a point especially a sharp point". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pointless?

pointless has 2 syllables: point-less. The stress falls on "point". In IPA it is /ˈpɔɪntləs/.

What is another word for pointless?

Close synonyms include unpointed, otiose, purposeless, senseless, superfluous. 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.

What is the opposite of pointless?

The recorded antonyms are pointed.

Is pointless a common word?

pointless is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.