Synonyms for meaningless
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Insignificant — insignificant; not worthy of importance
insignificant, useless, trivial, vacuous, purposeless, hollow, futile, empty, ineffectual, negligible, feckless, unavailing, slight, otiose, unmeaningful, worthless, ineffective, frivolous, foolish, trifling, vain, paltry
2. Nonsensical — lacking meaning
Other
semantics-free, purportless, nonmeaningful, insignificative dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking meaning.
The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English.
- adj. 2
Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
All our efforts were ultimately meaningless.
Related words
- Word family
- meaninglessness
Example sentences
- useless There's nothing in here but a lot of useless junk.
- trivial The conclusion may seem trivial: Esperanto exists.
- insignificant There is no such thing as an insignificant detail.
- vacuous Another unbearably vacuous title!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| meaningless | steady | |
| useless | steady | |
| trivial | rising | |
| insignificant | falling | |
| vacuous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vain1
- 5 letters
- empty2
- 6 letters
- slight1, hollow2, futile2, paltry2, otiose3
- 7 letters
- useless2, foolish2, trivial3, vacuous3
- 8 letters
- trifling2, feckless2
- 9 letters
- pointless2, worthless2, senseless2, frivolous3, unmeaning
- 10 letters
- negligible4, unavailing4
- 11 letters
- ineffective4, nonsensical4, ineffectual5, purposeless3, purportless
- 12 letters
- unmeaningful
- 13 letters
- insignificant5, nonmeaningful
- 15 letters
- insignificative
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (empty2 = 2 syllables).