Synonyms of emptiness

emptiness

noun

1

as in hunger

a need or desire for food

the emptiness that usually sets in about three o'clock in the afternoon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hunger
• stomach
• appetite
• starvation
• craving
• munchies
• belly
• famishment
• rapacity
• greed
• malnutrition
• voracity
• undernourishment
• famine
• ravenousness
• voraciousness
• rapaciousness
• gluttony
• fast
• sweet tooth
• hunger strike
• hoggishness
• gourmandism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fullness
• satisfaction
• fill
• inappetence
• satiation
• satiety
• repletion
• glut
• surfeit
• repleteness

2

as in void

empty space

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• void
• vacancy
• blankness
• blank
• vacuity
• black hole
• nothingness
• gap
• vacuum
• hollowness
• barrenness
• cavity
• air
• bleakness
• open
• hollow
• hole
• desolateness
• waste
• inane
• bareness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fullness
• repleteness

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vacancy
• vacuum
• hollowness
• bareness
• bleakness
• openness
• vacuity
• void
• clearness
• exhaustion
• blankness
• nothingness
• vacantness
• barrenness
• availability
• dryness
• depletion
• desolateness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fullness
• completeness
• abundance
• fatness
• repleteness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of emptiness

Gone are the extended multi-part suites and intricate guitar workouts, replaced by slight, tender melodies engulfed in a striking emptiness. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026

Years of waiting for his return were answered with disappointing emptiness, a frustration that could be permanent if McGregor never sets foot in another octagon. — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Here, emptiness is not vacancy, but composure, proportion and room for thought. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos. — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 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

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

Interstellar space is unforgivingly vast, but the emptiness has some advantages. — Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026

The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct. — Chase Garbarino, Fortune, 15 May 2026