Synonyms for inanity
All synonyms
Noun
1. Pointlessness
pointlessness, vacuity, silliness, mindlessness, senselessness, emptiness
Other
non-sense, insignificance, vanity, frivolousness, unmeaningness dated, inanery rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.
Forms
- Plural
- inanities → pointlessnesses, vacuities, sillinesses, mindlessnesses…
Example sentences
- silliness The woman had a masculine silliness.
- pointlessness Amidst the chaos, he instantly realized the pointlessness of it all.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inanity | steady | |
| silliness | rising | |
| pointlessness | rising | |
| vacuity | rising | |
| mindlessness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- vanity3
- 7 letters
- vacuity, inanery
- 9 letters
- emptiness3, silliness3
- 12 letters
- mindlessness
- 13 letters
- pointlessness, senselessness, frivolousness, unmeaningness
- 14 letters
- insignificance5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vanity3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inanité
- Italiano
- inanità
- Deutsch
- Sinnlosigkeit