Synonyms for meaninglessness
Most common
non-sense hokum bunk nonsensicality pointlessness uselessness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Hokum
2. Pointlessness — the state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless
Other
unmeaningness dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless.
Near-synonyms: pointlessness, purposelessness, uselessness
- n. 2
Anything that is meaningless.
all the little meaninglessnesses of human existence
Forms
- Plural
- meaninglessnesses → hokums, bunks, nonsensicalities, pointlessnesses…
Example sentences
- bunk How about we bunk off school and go to the beach?
- uselessness People don't understand the usefulness of uselessness.
- pointlessness Amidst the chaos, he instantly realized the pointlessness of it all.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| meaninglessness | steady | |
| bunk | rising | |
| hokum | steady | |
| nonsensicality | steady | |
| uselessness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bunk1
- 5 letters
- hokum2
- 11 letters
- uselessness
- 13 letters
- pointlessness, unmeaningness
- 14 letters
- nonsensicality
- 15 letters
- purposelessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hokum2 = 2 syllables).