EMPTINESS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EMPTINESS?

Need another word that means the same as “emptiness”? Find 47 synonyms and 30 related words for “emptiness” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Emptiness” are: vacancy, vacuum, void, vanity, bareness, blankness, clearness, barrenness, desolation, meaninglessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, uselessness, futility, worthlessness, fruitlessness, insubstantiality, purposelessness, pointlessness, aimlessness, valuelessness, senselessness, banality, triviality, insignificance, unimportance, vacuity, empty space, blank space, gap, hiatus, hole, hollow, cavity, chasm, abyss, gulf, vacuousness, glaze, fixedness, woodenness, impassivity, emotionlessness, unresponsiveness, inscrutability

Emptiness as a Noun

Definitions of "Emptiness" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “emptiness” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The quality of having no value or purpose; futility.
• The quality of being valueless or futile.
• Having an empty stomach.
• An empty area or space.
• The quality of lacking meaning or sincerity; meaninglessness.
• The state of containing nothing.

Synonyms of "Emptiness" as a noun (47 Words)

abyss	A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively. Teetering on the edge of the abyss of a total political wipeout.
aimlessness	A mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of.
banality	A trite or obvious remark. There is an essential banality to the story he tells.
bareness	The state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body.
barrenness	The quality of yielding nothing of value.
blank space	A blank gap or missing part.
blankness	A blank gap or missing part.
cavity	(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body. The abdominal cavity.
chasm	A profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc. The chasm between rich and poor.
clearness	A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water.
desolation	Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned. The stony desolation of the desert.
emotionlessness	Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
empty space	A container that has been emptied.
fixedness	Remaining in place. The fixedness of his gaze upset her.
fruitlessness	The quality of yielding nothing of value.
futility	Uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result. The horror and futility of war.
gap	A pass between mountain peaks. There are many gaps in our understanding of what happened.
glaze	Any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods. The glaze of the white cups.
gulf	A large difference or division between two people or groups, or between viewpoints, concepts, or situatios. The widening gulf between the rich and the poor.
hiatus	A pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity. There was a brief hiatus in the war with France.
hole	A position from which an electron is absent, especially one regarded as a mobile carrier of positive charge in a semiconductor. He had a hole in his sock.
hollow	A depression hollowed out of solid matter. Hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks.
hollowness	A depression hollowed out of solid matter.
idleness	Having no employment. He was punished for his idleness at school.
impassivity	Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
ineffectiveness	The quality of not producing any significant or desired effect. The report highlighted the ineffectiveness of sanctions.
ineffectuality	Lacking the power to be effective.
inscrutability	The quality of being impossible to investigate. The inscrutability of the future.
insignificance	The quality of having little or no significance. He is aware of his own insignificance within the bigger picture.
insubstantiality	Lacking substance or reality.
meaninglessness	A message that seems to convey no meaning. He resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him.
pointlessness	Total lack of meaning or ideas.
purposelessness	The quality of lacking any definite purpose.
senselessness	Total lack of meaning or ideas.
triviality	The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous. The relentlessness of his triviality is grating.
unimportance	The state or fact of lacking in importance or significance. The relative unimportance of wider kin ties in British culture.
unresponsiveness	The quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events. She began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident.
uselessness	Lack of skill or competence. He goes on to talk about the general uselessness of marketing forecasts.
vacancy	An unoccupied position or job. Vacancy vanity and inane deception.
vacuity	The absence of matter. He denounced what he considered the frivolity or vacuity of much contemporary painting.
vacuousness	Indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas. The vacuousness of her face belied her feelings.
vacuum	A vacuum cleaner. The political vacuum left by the death of the Emperor.
valuelessness	Having none of the properties that endow something with value.
vanity	The quality of being worthless or futile. The vanity of human wishes.
void	An emptiness caused by the loss of something. The huge desert voids.
woodenness	The quality of being wooden and awkward. The woodenness of her high five.
worthlessness	Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful. The drill sergeant s intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness.

Usage Examples of "Emptiness" as a noun

• He realizes the emptiness of his statement.
• The vast emptiness of space.
• Feelings of emptiness and loneliness.
• The emptiness of outer space.

Associations of "Emptiness" (30 Words)

arrogance	The quality of being arrogant. The arrogance of this man is astounding.
bragging	Exhibiting self-importance. She interrupted their endless bragging.
cleaner	A device for cleaning such as a vacuum cleaner. An oven cleaner.
cleanup	The fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team.
cocksure	Marked by excessive confidence. The cocksure golf prodigy from California.
conceit	The trait of being unduly vain and conceited false pride. The idea of the wind s singing is a prime romantic conceit.
conceited	Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance. Fred s so conceited he d never believe anyone would refuse him.
crudity	The quality of being rudimentary or makeshift; primitiveness. The crudity of the language.
deserted	(of a place) empty of people. Deserted beaches of soft sand.
ego	An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others. He needed a boost to his ego.
egocentrism	Concern for your own interests and welfare.
egoism	Concern for your own interests and welfare.
egotism	The fact of being excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself. In his arrogance and egotism he underestimated Gill.
famish	Reduce (someone) to extreme hunger. Many famished in the countryside during the drought.
greed	Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food. Greed has taken over football.
haughtiness	The appearance or quality of being arrogantly superior and disdainful. Her air of haughtiness.
hubris	(in Greek tragedy) excessive pride towards or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis. The self assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s.
narcissism	An exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself.
pomposity	Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. His reputation for arrogance and pomposity.
pride	Be proud of. He swallowed his pride and asked for help.
self	Relating to of or by or to or from or for the self. A button through style with self belt.
selfish	Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others. I joined them for selfish reasons.
selfishness	The quality or state of being selfish; lack of consideration for other people. An act of pure selfishness.
suction	Remove something using suction. Constant suction was applied to both tubes.
unoccupied	Not held or filled or in use. Unoccupied France.
vacancy	An available room in a hotel or other establishment providing accommodation. Cathy stared into vacancy seeing nothing.
vacuum	Clean with a vacuum cleaner. Vacuum the carpets.
vainglorious	Excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements; overly vain. This vainglorious boast of personal infallibility.
vanity	Low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup. The vanity of human wishes.
void	Excrete or discharge from the body. The huge desert voids.