vacuity

Synonyms

emptiness inanity nihility space void

Antonyms

fullness substance matter occupation quantity bulk

Va*cu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. vacuitas. See Vacuous.] 1. The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance. Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply of aliment. Arbuthnot. 2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum. A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of matter. Bentley. God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill every vacuity of our soul. Rogers. 3. Want of reality; inanity; nihility. [R.] Their expectations will meet with vacuity. Glanvill.

vacuity - Similar Words

acuity vacuist vauty voracity vivacity veracity vascularity vaulty vanity acrity