Synonyms for senselessness
Most common
pointlessness inanity mindlessness emptiness absurdity idiocy
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pointlessness
pointlessness, inanity, mindlessness, emptiness, silliness, vacuity
2. Absurdity
absurdity, idiocy, folly, fatuity, nonsensicality, foolishness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being senseless; unsense.
Forms
- Plural
- senselessnesses → pointlessnesses, inanities, mindlessnesses, emptinesses…
Example sentences
- emptiness One sometimes looks around and sees only emptiness.
- pointlessness Amidst the chaos, he instantly realized the pointlessness of it all.
- absurdity The absurdity of the situation was almost comical.
- idiocy If you can't impress them with skill, impress them with idiocy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| senselessness | rising | |
| emptiness | rising | |
| inanity | steady | |
| pointlessness | rising | |
| mindlessness | rising | |
| absurdity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- folly2
- 6 letters
- idiocy4
- 7 letters
- inanity, vacuity, fatuity, unsense
- 9 letters
- emptiness3, absurdity4, silliness3
- 11 letters
- foolishness3
- 12 letters
- mindlessness
- 13 letters
- pointlessness, insensibility
- 14 letters
- nonsensicality
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (folly2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- imprudence
- Italiano
- imprudenza