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Emptiness synonyms

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void
(Games) Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand:
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  1. (Games) Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand:
  2. A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
  3. A vacuum.
vacuum
A space left empty by the removal or absence of something usually found in it; void
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  1. A space left empty by the removal or absence of something usually found in it; void
  2. An enclosed space, as that inside a vacuum tube, out of which most of the air or gas has been taken, as by pumping
  3. A vacuum cleaner.
vacuity
The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
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  1. The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
  2. Something, especially a remark, that is pointless or inane:
  3. An empty space; void or vacuum
vacancy
An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
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  1. An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
  2. (Now Rare) The state of being free from work, activity, etc.; idleness
  3. A vacant space; gap, blank, opening, etc.
gap
An interruption of continuity:
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  1. An interruption of continuity:
  2. A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity:
  3. A spark gap.
chasm
A deep, steep-sided opening in the earth's surface; an abyss or gorge.
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  1. A deep, steep-sided opening in the earth's surface; an abyss or gorge.
  2. A sudden interruption of continuity; a gap.
  3. Any break or gap
blankness
The characteristic of being blank.
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  1. The characteristic of being blank.
blank
An empty space, esp. one to be filled in on a printed form, school test, etc.
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  1. An empty space, esp. one to be filled in on a printed form, school test, etc.
  2. A manufactured article of a standard shape or form that is ready for final processing, as by stamping or cutting:
  3. A blank cartridge.
inanition
The condition or quality of being empty.
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  1. The condition or quality of being empty.
  2. Lack of strength or spirit
  3. Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment or vitality.
exhaustion
The condition of being used up; complete consumption
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  1. The condition of being used up; complete consumption
  2. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
  3. (Dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
hollowness
The state or quality of being hollow
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  1. The state or quality of being hollow
desolation
A making desolate; laying waste
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  1. A making desolate; laying waste
  2. Devastation; ruin:
  3. The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness:
vacancy
(Now Rare) The state of being free from work, activity, etc.; idleness
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  1. (Now Rare) The state of being free from work, activity, etc.; idleness
  2. An unoccupied position or office; unfilled post, situation, or job
  3. A vacant space; gap, blank, opening, etc.
vacuity
The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
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  1. The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
  2. Something, especially a remark, that is pointless or inane:
  3. An empty space; void or vacuum
vacuum
A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
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  1. A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
  2. An enclosed space, as that inside a vacuum tube, out of which most of the air or gas has been taken, as by pumping
  3. A vacuum cleaner.
void
A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
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  1. A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
  2. Total emptiness; an empty space or vacuum
  3. A vacuum.
barrenness
The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
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  1. The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
nothingness
The quality or condition of being nothing or not existing; nonexistence or extinction
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  1. The quality or condition of being nothing or not existing; nonexistence or extinction
  2. Empty space; a void.
  3. Void; emptiness.
vacancy
(Now Rare) The state of being free from work, activity, etc.; idleness
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  1. (Now Rare) The state of being free from work, activity, etc.; idleness
  2. An unoccupied position or office; unfilled post, situation, or job
  3. A vacant space; gap, blank, opening, etc.
vacuity
The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
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  1. The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
  2. Something, especially a remark, that is pointless or inane:
  3. An empty space; void or vacuum
vacuum
A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
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  1. A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
  2. An enclosed space, as that inside a vacuum tube, out of which most of the air or gas has been taken, as by pumping
  3. A vacuum cleaner.
void
A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
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  1. A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
  2. Total emptiness; an empty space or vacuum
  3. A vacuum.
barrenness
The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
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  1. The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
blankness
The characteristic of being blank.
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  1. The characteristic of being blank.
hollowness
The state or quality of being hollow
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  1. The state or quality of being hollow
inanity
Lack of sense or meaning; silliness
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  1. Lack of sense or meaning; silliness
  2. (Archaic) Emptiness
  3. Something inane; senseless or silly act, remark, etc.
vacancy
The condition of being vacant or unoccupied.
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  1. The condition of being vacant or unoccupied.
  2. An unoccupied position or office; unfilled post, situation, or job
  3. A vacant space; gap, blank, opening, etc.
vacuity
The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
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  1. The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
  2. Something, especially a remark, that is pointless or inane:
  3. An empty space; void or vacuum
vacuousness
The quality of being vacuous
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  1. The quality of being vacuous
blankness
The characteristic of being blank.
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  1. The characteristic of being blank.
desolation
A desolate condition
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  1. A desolate condition
  2. A making desolate; laying waste
  3. The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness:
hollowness
The state or quality of being hollow
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  1. The state or quality of being hollow
vacuum
A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
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  1. A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
  2. An enclosed space, as that inside a vacuum tube, out of which most of the air or gas has been taken, as by pumping
  3. A vacuum cleaner.
void
A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
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  1. A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
  2. Total emptiness; an empty space or vacuum
  3. A vacuum.
Find another word for emptiness. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for emptiness, like: void, vacuum, vacuity, vacancy, gap, chasm, blankness, blank, depletedness, inanition and exhaustion.

Sentence Examples

  • It did little to fill the emptiness within her.

  • From the alighting board, instead of the former spirituous fragrant smell of honey and venom, and the warm whiffs of crowded life, comes an odor of emptiness and decay mingling with the smell of honey.

  • It is emptiness, the void where the universe evolved from.

  • And that other side of life, of which she had never before thought and which had formerly seemed to her so far away and improbable, was now nearer and more akin and more comprehensible than this side of life, where everything was either emptiness and desolation or suffering and indignity.

  • Part of this personality disorder includes a constant feeling of emptiness that the person tries to fill by clinging onto other people.

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