PATHLESS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

pathless

adjective

ˈpath-ləs

Definition of pathless

as in untrodden

not having been traveled over or through the team of scientists will use dogsleds to travel across the pathless Antarctic wilderness

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Recent Examples of pathless Other neighborhoods remain mainly pathless, with some residents resistant to changing their community's streetscaping. — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Somewhere on the rugged, pathless hills of Big Bend National Park, under the sweltering Texas sun, a singular tree stands apart from the rest. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathless

Adjective

Pairing it with extra archipelago adventures and a trip to Bergen makes for a civilized adventure that still feels fresh and relatively untrodden.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
For some, a day trip by minibus and camel is more than enough desert – but the true adventurer will want to seek out the untrodden sands of southern Algeria.

— Henry Haselock, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of untrodden

Adjective

Camp out under the stars near a pristine, white sand beach at Water Canyon Campground, located on Santa Rosa Island.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
There are also the pristine stretches of sand around Cape Peninsula, a rocky mountain that juts into the sea, including a large colony of African penguins on Boulders Beach, the surfers’ paradise of Llandudno, and nudist-friendly Sandy Bay.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of pristine

Adjective

This was to be a long one, into the trackless wilderness, as Cappie put it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
The dark ride in Disneyland’s Mickey’s Toontown uses a revolutionary trackless system, and if an iPhone is dropped, the phone can trigger a sensor that can disrupt operations and cause a multi-hour shutdown.

— Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of trackless

Adjective

Opening up the process has raised questions about attributing asteroid names to students whose future is still an untraveled road, however.

— Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
Furthermore, much of the Sino-Russian border is remote and untraveled, making arms transfers difficult to detect.

— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023