Empty
Lifeless
Lifeless adjective - Destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings.
Usage example: after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly
Empty is a synonym for lifeless in barren topic. Sometimes you can use "Empty" instead an adjective "Lifeless", if it concerns topics such as not living.
Nearby Words: life, lifelessly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
The twist is that Lunar is a moon — one that was empty and lifeless until a goddess transformed it and moved people there from the Blue Star... according to legend.
Source: Franchise / Lunar -
After you defeat them, their Zones turn bleak, empty and lifeless.
Source: Video Game / OFF -
The misquote was popularized by the webcomic VG Cats and is quoted more often than the real line, "A lifeless room...almost like your empty heart."
Source: Beam Me Up, Scotty!
Cite this Source
Lifeless and Empty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/empty/lifeless
Empty & Lifeless. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/empty/lifeless>.
Lifeless or Empty. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/empty/lifeless.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "empty" and "lifeless" have occurred on timeline