meaningless[adjective]Synonyms: pointless, empty, futile, inane, inconsequential, insignificant, senseless, useless, vain, worthless
Antonyms: meaningful
Related Words: blank,
empty,
vacant [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
mean‧ing‧less /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/
adjective [
Word Family: adjective:
meaningful,
meaningless;
verb:
mean;
noun:
meaning;
adverb:
meaningfully]
1. having no purpose or importance and therefore not worth doing or having:
He said a few meaningless words to his hostess and looked around the room. a repetitive and meaningless taskabsolutely/utterly/completely meaningless a statistic that is absolutely meaninglessvirtually/fairly/largely meaningless2. not having a meaning that you can understand or explain:
Chinese characters are just meaningless symbols to me.—meaninglessness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲