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Emptiness

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

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Narrower term 5

Blankness 76% connected

The state of being blank.

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Hollowness 76% connected

State of being hollow.

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Vacancy 76% connected

The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.

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Vacuity 76% connected

The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.

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Vacuum 76% connected

A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of…

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Hunger 76% connected

An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.

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Ineptitude 76% connected

The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Empty 74% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Empty 74% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Vain 74% connected

Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

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Vain 74% connected

Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

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Vacancy 92% connected

The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vacuum 92% connected

A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vanity 92% connected

The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Void 92% connected

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

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Fullness 94% connected

The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness.

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Fullness 94% connected

The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness.

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