Merriam-Webster Logo
SINCE 1828
Menu
dictionary thesaurus

Thesaurus

emptiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of emptiness

1 a need or desire for food

  • the emptiness that usually sets in about three oʼclock in the afternoon
Synonyms of emptiness

appetite, belly, famishment, hunger, munchies, stomach
Words Related to emptiness

rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity

malnutrition, starvation, undernourishment

craving, sweet tooth

famine, fast, hunger strike

gluttony, gourmandism, greed, hoggishness
Near Antonyms of emptiness

fill, fullness, glut, repleteness, repletion, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, surfeit
Antonyms of emptiness

inappetence

2 empty space

  • there in the vast emptiness of the desert was a long-abandoned jeep
Synonyms of emptiness

black hole, blank, blankness, vacancy, vacuity, void
Words Related to emptiness

nothingness

inane, vacuum

air, open, waste

bareness, barrenness, bleakness, desolateness, hollowness

cavity, gap, hole, hollow
Near Antonyms of emptiness

fullness (also fulness), repleteness

3 the quality or state of being empty

  • the emptiness of the interior of the isolated house just made it seem all the more eerie
Synonyms of emptiness

bareness, vacancy, vacantness, vacuity
Words Related to emptiness

hollowness

blankness, vacuum, void

nothingness

barrenness, bleakness, desolateness

availability, clearness, openness

depletion, dryness, exhaustion
Near Antonyms of emptiness

completeness

abundance, fatness, repleteness
Antonyms of emptiness

fullness (also fulness)

Learn More about emptiness

  1. Spanish Central: Translation of emptiness Nglish: Translation of emptiness for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of emptiness for Arabic speakers

Seen and Heard

What made you want to look up emptiness? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

show comments hide comments

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

WORD OF THE DAY

tchotchke

a knickknack or trinket

Get Word of the Day daily email!

TRENDING NOW

  1. nebulous Lip reading, Brexit, and semantic uncertainty

  2. synergy Mueller files Cohen details.

  3. slumgullion From the broadcast of 'It Happened on Fifth Avenue'

SEE ALL

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Words at Play

Ask the Editors

Word Games