Infinite

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=fi=nite

CIDE DICTIONARY

Infinite, a. [L. infinitus: cf. F. infini. See In- not, and Finite.].

•  Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance.  [1913 Webster]

  "Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least can not sink."  [1913 Webster]
•  Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to finite.  [1913 Webster]

  "Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite."  [1913 Webster]

  "O God, how infinite thou art!"  [1913 Webster]
•  Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.  [1913 Webster]

  "Infinite riches in a little room."  [1913 Webster]

  "Which infinite calamity shall cause
  To human life."  [1913 Webster]
•  Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; -- said of certain quantities.  [1913 Webster]
•  Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.  Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Syn. -- Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable; limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal.

Infinite, n. 

•  That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness.  [1913 Webster]

  "Not till the weight is heaved from off the air, and the thunders roll down the horizon, will the serene light of God flow upon us, and the blue infinite embrace us again."  [1913 Webster]
•  An infinite quantity or magnitude.  [1913 Webster]
•  An infinity; an incalculable or very great number.  [1913 Webster]

  "Glittering chains, embroidered richly o'er
  With infinite of pearls and finest gold."  [1913 Webster]
•  The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Infinite, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 boundless, endless.
2 very great.
3 (usu. with pl.) innumerable; very many (infinite resources).
4 Math. a greater than any assignable quantity or countable number. b (of a series) that may be continued indefinitely.
5 Gram. (of a verb part) not limited by person or number, e.g. infinitive, gerund, and participle.
--n.
1 (the Infinite) God.
2 (the infinite) infinite space.

Derivative

infinitely adv. infiniteness n.

Etymology

ME f. L infinitus (as IN-(1), FINITE)

THESAURUS

Infinite

Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, abysmal, ageless, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-present, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, ample, amplitudinous, astronomic, astronomical, awesome, bottomless, boundless, broad, bulky, capacious, cardinal, ceaseless, changeless, coeternal, colossal, commodious, constant, continual, continuous, cosmic, countless, creating, creative, dateless, decimal, deep, differential, digital, elephantine, endless, enormous, epic, eternal, eternally the same, eterne, even, ever-being, ever-durable, ever-during, everlasting, everliving, everywhere, exhaustless, expansive, exponential, extended, extending, extending everywhere, extensive, far-reaching, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, fractional, galactic, giant, giantlike, gigantic, glorious, good, hallowed, heroic, highest, holy, huge, illimitable, illimited, imaginary, immeasurable, immemorial, immense, immortal, immutable, impair, impossible, incalculable, incessant, incomprehensible, indefinite, indestructible, indeterminable, indeterminate, inestimable, inexhaustible, infinitely continuous, innumerable, integral, interminable, interminate, irrational, jumbo, just, king-size, large, limitless, logarithmic, logometric, loving, luminous, majestic, making, mammoth, massive, massy, measureless, merciful, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, multitudinous, negative, never-ceasing, never-ending, no end of, nonstop, nonterminating, nonterminous, numberless, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, numinous, odd, olamic, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, one, ordinal, outsize, overgrown, pair, perdurable, permanent, perpetual, positive, possible, prime, prodigious, profound, radiant, radical, rational, real, reciprocal, roomy, sacred, sempiternal, shaping, shoreless, sizable, sovereign, spacious, spreading, steady, stupendous, submultiple, sumless, supreme, surd, termless, timeless, titanic, towering, transcendental, tremendous, ubiquitous, unbounded, unceasing, unchanging, uncircumscribed, uncountable, uncounted, undefined, undying, unending, unfathomable, unintermitting, uninterrupted, universal, unlimited, unmeasurable, unmeasured, unnumbered, unplumbed, unremitting, untold, vast, voluminous, weighty, wide, widespread, without bound, without end, without limit, without measure, without number

ROGET THESAURUS

Infinite

Number

N number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer, counter, round number, formula, function, series, sum, difference, complement, subtrahend, product, multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator, coefficient, multiple, dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple, fraction, rational number, surd, irrational number, transcendental number, mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate, numerator, denominator, decimal, circulating decimal, repetend, common measure, aliquot part, prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair, reciprocal, totient, binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number, permutation, combination, variation, election, ratio, proportion, comparison, progression, arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression, percentage, permilage, figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers, power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm, modulus, base, differential, integral, fluxion, fluent, numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable, proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric, differential, fluxional, integral, totitive, positive, negative, rational, irrational, surd, radical, real, complex, imaginary, finite, infinite, impossible, numerically, modulo.

Numeration

N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.

Infinity

N infinity, infinitude, infiniteness, perpetuity, boundlessness, infinite, immense, numberless, countless, sumless, measureless, innumerable, immeasurable, incalculable, illimitable, inexhaustible, interminable, unfathomable, unapproachable, exhaustless, indefinite, without number, without measure, without limit, without end, incomprehensible, limitless, endless, boundless, termless, untold, unnumbered, unmeasured, unbounded, unlimited, illimited, perpetual, infinitely, ad infinitum, as boundless as the sea.

Size

N size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume, largeness, greatness, expanse, amplitude, mass, proportions, capacity, tonnage, tunnage, cordage, caliber, scantling, turgidity, corpulence, obesity, plumpness, embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood, lustihood, hugeness, enormity, immensity, monstrosity, giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops, cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus, colossus, tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper, Triton among the minnows, mountain, mound, heap, largest portion, full size, life size, large, big, great, considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy, capacious, comprehensive, spacious, mighty, towering, fine, magnificent, corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing, portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown, corn fed, gram fed, stalwart, brawny, fleshy, goodly, in good case, in good condition, in condition, chopping, jolly, chub faced, chubby faced, lubberly, hulky, unwieldy, lumpish, gaunt, spanking, whacking, whopping, walloping, thumping, thundering, hulking, overgrown, puffy, huge, immense, enormous, mighty, vast, vasty, amplitudinous, stupendous, monster, monstrous, humongous, monumental, elephantine, jumbo, mammoth, gigantic, gigantean, giant, giant like, titanic, prodigious, colossal, Cyclopean, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, Gargantuan, infinite, large as life, plump as a dumpling, plump as a partridge, fat as a pig, fat as a quail, fat as butter, fat as brawn, fat as bacon, immeasurable, unfathomable, unplumbed, inconceivable, unimaginable, unheard-of, of cosmic proportions, of epic proportions, the mother of all, teh granddaddy of all.