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 of nothingness

• 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

For some of us, this is a very counterintuitive notion, as the notion of things existing within and moving through some form of empty nothingness just doesn’t make any sense. —Big Think, 7 May 2026

As Bastian reads, a boy named Atreyu (Noah Hathaway), while pursued by a green-eyed creature called G’mork (Alan Oppenheimer), is dispatched by the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) to find the cure for the mysterious nothingness enveloping the kingdom. —David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026

The moon, appearing about the size of a bowling ball at arm’s length to the crew, hung in the nothingness. —Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026

Will studios abandon new work for memeslop or nobly resist a descent into IP-management nothingness? —Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1