nothingness

noun

noth·​ing·​ness ˈnə-thiŋ-nəs 

1

: the quality or state of being nothing: such as

a

: nonexistence

b

: utter insignificance

c

: death

2

: something insignificant or valueless

3

: void, emptiness

Synonyms

• death
• dead
• deadness
• mortality

Examples of nothingness in a Sentence

He was staring into nothingness.

The sound faded into nothingness.

Recent Examples on the Web

Eckhardt’s commentaries on God and scripture are dense and recursive, breaking ideas into component parts, placing them onto higher and lower planes, making hierarchies and triads out of them until eventually becoming something like an investigation into being and nothingness themselves. —Jon Raymond august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025

At nearly 60, a life of nothingness without love—what is the point? —Greg Norman , David Spunt, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025

Many start to fear that only a sense of nothingness comes after. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025

The scene of Stan’s eruption mirrors the film’s opening—when, out of blackness, a nothingness, the face of a boy emerges, his eyes sunk in fear. —Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1