Laceless

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not equipped with or having no shoelaces or similar fastening cords
2. Describing footwear or items that do not include lace ties or strings
3. Characterized by the absence of laces used for securing or tightening

Etymology: "Laceless" is a plain combination of two English words: "lace," a cord or string used to tie and fasten, and "-less," meaning "without." The suffix traces back through Middle English "-les" and Old English "-lēas," which carried the same sense of lacking something, and it has been used productively for centuries to make adjectives like "careless" and "harmless." The base word has a longer ancestry. "Lace" comes from a Proto-Germanic root meaning a cord or noose, which is also the source of the modern verb "to lace," meaning to tie or fasten with a string. The noun was eventually used for the fine openwork fabric we now associate with the word, but its original sense was simply a fastening.

Synonyms: without laces, unlaced, lace-free, without shoelaces

Antonyms: laced, shoelaced, tied