inanity
Sheer mental emptiness
Inanity is emptiness of meaning or substance—the quality of being vacant or pointless.
An inanity is a specific instance: a remark, idea, or action that lacks sense or significance.
The meeting devolved into the usual inanities.
The word often expresses impatience with trivial talk or shallow thinking.
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
- illogicalContrary to valid reasoning
irrational · laughable · farcical · asinine · foolishness · senselessness · unreasonable · harebrained
Senseless talk or writing
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
poppycock · malarkey · claptrap · blather · babble · prattle · bunkum · tommyrot
Empty of content
- hollowEmpty within
- vapidDull, without depth
- voidWithout legal effect
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
vacant · shallow · depthless · blank · barren · devoid · substanceless · unsubstantial
Lacking any purpose
- uselessWithout practical value
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
- worthlessLacking any value
ineffectual · vain · empty · otiose · idle · bootless · unavailing · meaningless
Insignificant matter or thing
- triviaUnimportant miscellaneous facts
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
- fluffLight, soft fibers
- frothMass of small bubbles
frippery · banality · pettiness · inconsequence · superficiality · shallowness · paltriness · minutiae
ridiculous
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
illogical · irrational · laughable · farcical · asinine · foolishness · senselessness · unreasonable · harebrained · cockamamie
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
hogwash · poppycock · malarkey · claptrap · blather · babble · prattle · bunkum · tommyrot · codswallop
vacuous
Empty of content
meaningless · vacant · shallow · depthless · blank · barren · devoid · substanceless · unsubstantial · emptiness
pointless
Lacking any purpose
- uselessWithout practical value
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
worthless · ineffectual · vain · empty · otiose · idle · bootless · unavailing · meaningless · unproductive
trifle
Insignificant matter or thing
- triviaUnimportant miscellaneous facts
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
- fluffLight, soft fibers
froth · frippery · banality · pettiness · inconsequence · superficiality · shallowness · paltriness · minutiae · small talk
- empty talkidle talk, hot air, idle chatter, drivel, babble
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- Clichéscliche, platitude, bromide, chestnut, hackneyed saying
- futilityfutile, futility, in vain, pointlessness, vain
inanityprofundity
Intellectual or emotional depth
depth · substance · insight · meaningfulness · brilliance
inanitywisdom
Good judgment from experience
sense · sensibleness · sagacity · prudence · rationality
inanitysignificance
Quality of mattering
importance · relevance · consequence · meaning · purpose