Entry Word: blank

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 not expressing any emotion <the teacher knew no one was paying attention when she looked out and saw all those blank faces>

Synonyms deadpan, expressionless, impassive, inexpressive, stolid, vacant

Related Words dull, empty, vacuous, vapid; enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious; dead, inactive, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish; indolent, languorous, lazy, lethargic, listless; motionless, static, still, wooden; reserved, restrained, reticent, taciturn; aloof, apathetic, detached, indifferent, phlegmatic; cold, cool

Near Antonyms active, alive, animated, bright, busy, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, expansive, exuberant, lively, vigorous, vital, vivacious; eloquent, revealing, revelatory, significant, vivid; emotional, melodramatic, theatrical, unreserved, unrestrained

Antonyms demonstrative, expressive

2 lacking contents that could or should be present <the page of instructions actually turned out to be blank> — see empty 1