Definition of: infinite

(in′fə·nit) adjective
1. So great as to be immeasurable and unbounded; limitless: infinite power or space.
2. All–embracing; perfect; absolute: the infinite God.
3. Math. a Of, pertaining to, or designating a quantity conceived as always increasing so as to exceed any other assignable quantity in value. b Consisting of as many elements as a proper part of a total assemblage.
4. In music, composed so that it can be repeated over and over, without finale.
5. Very numerous; very great: to take infinite pains.
—noun That which is infinite; an infinite quantity or magnitude; infinity.
—the Infinite God; Eternity; the Absolute. [<L infinitus unlimited <in- not + finitus finite <finis limit]
—in′fi·nite·ly adverb
—in′fi·nite·ness noun Synonyms: absolute, boundless, countless, eternal, illimitable, immeasurable, innumerable, interminable, limitless, measureless, numberless, unbounded, unconditioned, unfathomable, unlimited, unmeasured. Infinite signifies without bounds or limits in any way, and may be applied to space, time, quantity, or number. Countless, innumerable, and numberless, which should be the same as infinite, are in common usage vaguely employed to denote what it is difficult or practically impossible to count or number, but still perhaps falling far short of infinite; as, countless leaves, the countless sands on the seashore, numberless battles, innumerable delays. So, too, boundless, illimitable, limitless, measureless, and unlimited are loosely used in reference to what has no apparent or readily determinable limits in space or time; as, we speak of the boundless ocean. Infinite space is without bounds, not only in fact, but in thought; infinite time is truly eternal. Compare ETERNAL, PERFECT. Antonyms: bounded, brief, circumscribed, evanescent, finite, limited, little, measurable, moderate, narrow, restricted, shallow, short, small, transient, transitory.