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

Markets have seen through the emptiness of Bessent’s remedy, as ‘bond vigilantes’ have driven bond yields even higher despite Bessent’s band-aids. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Drugs ravaged the streets, leaving needles and even more emptiness in their wake. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

What makes this emptiness more bothersome is the cavalier way Wingard wields the imagery of rogue, militarized killers wreaking havoc on the American landscape. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Bring In Texture Layering décor is a sure way to absorb a room’s visual emptiness. — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026

However, at the quantum level, emptiness is filled with unwanted noise. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

The problem isn’t the characterization, since the surgeon is extremely well drawn and Văncică’s performance picks up on both the overall inner emptiness and the yearning for something more. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

If the early universe obeyed this rule, our modern cosmos would be devoid of substance, just energy fields rippling eternally through emptiness. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2026

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