The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INFINITE
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What does INFINITE mean?
INFINITE noun- Something that is infinite in nature.
- Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
- (with plural noun) Infinitely many.
- Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
- (of a set) Having infinitely many elements.
- (grammar) Not limited by person or number.
- Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
- Infinitely many.