nothingness

Other forms of nothingness

plural

nothingnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nothingness

What does nothingness mean?

nothingness means "the state of nonexistence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nothingness?

nothingness has 3 syllables: not-hing-ness. The stress falls on "not". In IPA it is /ˈnʌθɪŋnəs/.

What is another word for nothingness?

Close synonyms include void, nullity, nihility, wind, malarkey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nothingness a common word?

nothingness is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.