'Meaningless' definitions:
Definition of 'meaningless'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation" [syn: meaningless, nonmeaningful] [ant: meaningful]
Definition of 'Meaningless'
From: GCIDE
- Meaning \Mean"ing\, n.
- 1. That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent. [1913 Webster]
- If there be any good meaning towards you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sense; import; as, the meaning of a hint. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Sense; power of thinking. [R.] [1913 Webster] -- {Mean"ing*less}, a. -- {Mean"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'meaningless'
From: GCIDE
- meaningless \meaningless\ adj. having no meaning; of no value; as, a meaningless endeavor; a meaningless life; a meaningless explanation. Opposite of meaningful. [Narrower terms: {insignificant ; {mindless, unmeaning ; {nonsense(prenominal), nonsensical ; {pointless, purposeless ] Also See: insignificant, unimportant, purposeless, unimportant. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'meaningless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurd,
- aimless,
- amorphous,
- asinine,
- blank,
- bootless,
- capricious,
- casual,
- designless,
- desultory,
- disarticulated,
- discontinuous,
- disinclined to communicate,
- disjunct,
- disordered,
- dispersed,
- disproportionate,
- empty,
- erratic,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- fitful,
- foolish,
- formless,
- frivolous,
- fustian,
- garbled,
- good-for-nothing,
- gratuitous,
- haphazard,
- hit-or-miss,
- hollow,
- immethodical,
- importless,
- impotent,
- inane,
- inchoate,
- incoherent,
- inconsequential,
- indiscriminate,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- insignificant,
- insubstantial,
- irregular,
- irrelevant,
- misshapen,
- no go,
- nonconnotative,
- nondenotative,
- nonsensical,
- nonsymmetrical,
- nonsystematic,
- nonuniform,
- nugatory,
- null,
- of no use,
- orderless,
- paltry,
- phatic,
- planless,
- pointless,
- preposterous,
- promiscuous,
- puny,
- purportless,
- purposeless,
- random,
- ridiculous,
- scrambled,
- secretive,
- senseless,
- shapeless,
- silly,
- spasmodic,
- sporadic,
- straggling,
- straggly,
- superfluous,
- systemless,
- trifling,
- trivial,
- unarranged,
- unavailing,
- unclassified,
- uncommunicative,
- unconversable,
- undirected,
- ungraded,
- unimportant,
- unjoined,
- unmeaning,
- unmethodical,
- unordered,
- unorganized,
- unpurposed,
- unsignificant,
- unsociable,
- unsorted,
- unsubstantial,
- unsymmetrical,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- useless,
- vacant,
- vacuous,
- vague,
- vain,
- valueless,
- wandering,
- worthless