-less
Ending meaning without
A suffix meaning without or lacking: careless, homeless, endless.
It attaches to nouns to form adjectives describing absence: a loveless marriage, a thankless job.
Some formations are more creative than standard: clueless, speechless.
The suffix can emphasize impossibility or infinity: countless, timeless, boundless.
Lacking or absent
- lackingBeing without something
- devoidEntirely without
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- deprivedLacking necessities
bereft · empty · void · absent · wanting · deficient · stripped · bare
Lacking any value
- uselessWithout practical value
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
valueless · futile · aimless · fruitless · senseless · baseless · groundless · meritless
Without termination or boundary
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- limitlessWithout any boundaries
- countlessToo numerous to count
- measurelessIncapable of being quantified
numberless · fathomless · bottomless · inexhaustible · infinite · eternal · perpetual · unending
Lacking strength or authority
- helplessUnable to act independently
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- haplessLacking good fortune
resourceless · vulnerable · weak · impotent · feeble · incapable · unable · dependent
Inattentive, prone to mistakes
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- thoughtlessShowing no consideration
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- mindlessLacking thought or awareness
regardless · negligent · inattentive · unmindful · inadvertent · sloppy · hasty · irresponsible
without
Lacking or absent
deprived · bereft · empty · void · absent · wanting · deficient · stripped · bare · vacant
worthless
Lacking any value
- uselessWithout practical value
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
purposeless · valueless · futile · aimless · fruitless · senseless · baseless · groundless · meritless · thankless
endless
Without termination or boundary
measureless · numberless · fathomless · bottomless · inexhaustible · infinite · eternal · perpetual · unending · ceaseless
powerless
Lacking strength or authority
- helplessUnable to act independently
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
hapless · resourceless · vulnerable · weak · impotent · feeble · incapable · unable · dependent · stranded
careless
Inattentive, prone to mistakes
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- thoughtlessShowing no consideration
- heedlessCareless of consequences
mindless · regardless · negligent · inattentive · unmindful · inadvertent · sloppy · hasty · irresponsible · imprudent
not
Opposite of affirmative
opposite · contrary · inverse · reversal · denial · refusal · rejection · nullification · cancellation · negating