EMPTINESS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

emptiness

noun

Definition of emptiness

as in hunger

a need or desire for food the emptiness that usually sets in about three o'clock in the afternoon

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as in void

empty space there in the vast emptiness of the desert was a long-abandoned jeep

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as in vacancy

the quality or state of being empty the emptiness of the interior of the isolated house just made it seem all the more eerie

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Recent Examples of emptiness The scene leaves us wondering about the sudden emptiness. — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Lift up your eyes unto the hills, and behold all that delightful emptiness. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 Work gives you somewhere to point your attention, somewhere to put the grief, the sadness, the emptiness. — Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 The condition is marked by intense emotional swings, a chronic feeling of emptiness, and a deep fear of abandonment. — Angela Haupt, Time, 11 June 2026 The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct. — Chase Garbarino, Fortune, 15 May 2026 He was used to being alone without Robin and postretirement but being alone in the interminable stretch of predawn hours was a different sort of emptiness. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Interstellar space is unforgivingly vast, but the emptiness has some advantages. — Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026 Elijah Strand, Athena’s uncle, told the court that Horner’s actions devastated their family and left them with an emptiness that can’t be filled. — Harriet Ramos may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptiness

Noun

The concept has already spread to more than 50 cities across 30 states and 10 countries, tapping into a growing hunger for face-to-face connection that dating apps have failed to deliver.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
In polling across four states, voters were nearly unanimous that ending childhood hunger should be bipartisan.

— Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of hunger

Noun

One minute you could be booked and busy, the next, a major client leaves, and you’re left scrambling to bring in new leads to fill the void.

— Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
On June 30, Williams and Meir ventured into the void to replace a wrist joint on the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm that had been malfunctioning.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of void

Noun

The goal is to make the stomach able to hold more food before the brain signals that the competitive eater is full.

— Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
The parasite is killed by heat, so cooking normally takes care of it, but when the weather warms up and people look for ways to leave their stoves off, this stomach-churning bug finds an opening.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

Definition of stomach

Noun

Fusion reactions require near-absolute vacuum conditions to prevent impurities from cooling the plasma.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
What makes this instance of big player behavior different from historical precedent, according to Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, is the near-total legal accountability vacuum surrounding the presidency itself.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Definition of vacuum

Noun

Wang said that Silicon Valley has lost some of its appetite for founders who build hardware products, shunning the longer development cycles and less return upside, compared with AI applications, as well as inevitable supply chain hurdles.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 July 2026
Local advocates are pushing prefab even further, pitching off‑grid cottage villages powered by solar and advanced water recycling — an affordable, sustainable vision that may test Altadena’s appetite for denser housing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of appetite

Noun

Portugal swept Uzbekistan aside with a 5-0 victory on matchday two, but a single shot on target against DR Congo and a blank against Colombia does point to an underperformance in their chance creation.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Opportunities to fill in the blanks Our research has also found that researchers may have options to work around government failures to collect and report this more detailed data.

— Mark Axelrod, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

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