noun
1. the absence of matter
• Syn: ↑vacuum
• Hypernyms: ↑emptiness
2. a region that is devoid of matter
• Syn: ↑vacuum
3. total lack of meaning or ideas
• Syn: ↑inanity, ↑senselessness, ↑mindlessness, ↑pointlessness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑pointless (for: ↑pointlessness), ↑vacuous, ↑mindless (for: ↑mindlessness), ↑inane (for: ↑inanity), ↑senseless (for: ↑senselessness)
• Hypernyms: ↑meaninglessness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.