emptiness

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The state or feeling of being empty.
2. (countable, uncountable) A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
3. (countable, uncountable) A nonexistence; a lack of existence.

Synonyms

void

vacancy

hollowness

vacuum

vacuity

blankness

nothingness

vanity

bareness

inanition

vacantness

vacuousness

nothing

vapidity

inanity

idleness

voidness

worthlessness

insipidity

barrenness

desolation

hollow

nonexistence

blank

rarefaction

blandness

blank space

dullness

empty

hiatus

hole

🕳️

hungriness

inferiority

nakedness

naught

nil

non-existence

nought

room

scantiness

vaccum

vapidness

unsubstantiality

nihility

time to spare

Translations

vide

Leere

vacío

leegte

vazio

vacuité

Leerheit

vacuidad

néant

futilité

vacuo

Hohlheit

leegheid

buidesa

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: emptynesse

Inherited from Old English: ǣmtiġnes

In summary

Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis, empty + -ness.