My memory is blank on the subject.
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Blank
//blæŋk//
Synonyms for "blank" (294 found)
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Closest matches (59)
Strong matches (88)
disconcerteddiscreetdismaldistantdocketdocumentdossierdownrightdraggydrearisomedrearydrydryasdustduddulldustyeffeteelephantineemotionlessemptiness
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empty headedempty spaceempty-headedempty-mindedempty-patedempty-skulledetiolatedexpressionlessfadefatuousfeaturelessfilefishyflatforbiddingformfrigidfrostyglassyguardedheavyhelplessho humho-humhollowholographicyimpassiveimpersonalinaccessibleinaneinanityincogitantinexcitableinexpressiveinsipidinstrumentintrovertedjejunelacklacunaleadenlegal documentlegal instrumentlegal paperlifelesslinelow spiritedlow-spiritedmeaninglessmindlessmodestnakednevernessnilnirvanicnonexistencenonoccurrencenonplussednonpresencenothingnothingness
Verb(3 words)
Related words (147)
nowherenessnudenullnull and voidobliviousofficial documentoffisholympianomissionout-and-outoverlookoversightoverwhelmpalepallidpaperpapersparchmentpassivepaste
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pedestrianperfectperplexedpersonal fileplainploddingpointlesspoker facedpoker-facedpokyponderouspreteritionpurequietisticrattlebrainedrattleheadedregularrelaxedremoteremovedrepressedreservedrestrainedreticentretiringrollscatterbrainedscripscriptscrollsheershellacshrinkingshutshut outskipskunkslowsmearsnow undersolemnsolidspiritlesssqueezed shutstandoffstandoffishstarksteamrollersterilestiffstodgystraight-outstrangulatedstuffysubduedsubtractionsuperficialsuppressedtabula rasatastelesstediousthoughtfreethoughtlesstranquilunadornedunadulteratedunaffableunapproachableunarrayeduncomplicateduncongenialundeckedundecoratedundemonstrativeundressedunembellishedunexpansiveunexpressiveunfurbishedungarnishedungenialunideaedunintellectualunlivelyunloadedunmixedunoccupiedunopenunopenedunornamentedunperceptiveunqualifiedunreasoningunrelievedunsophisticatedunthinkinguntrimmedunvarnishedunventedunventilateduttervacancyvacantvacuityvacuousvacuumvaguevapidvoidwantwhelmwhitewhitewashwhompwhopwith nothing insidewithdrawnwithout contentwoodenwritwritingzero
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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More general
11 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
etymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
similar
9 entriesTranslations
202 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- اَلْخَالِي adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- خَالٍ adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- فَارِغ adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безцветен adj ((archaic) without color)
- бял adj ((archaic) without color)
- неизписан adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- непопълнен adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 空白 adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- 空包彈 /空包弹 noun (simulation cartridge)
Czech
1 entries- mezera noun (space character)
Danish
4 entries- blank adj ((archaic) without color)
- farveløs adj ((archaic) without color)
- tom adj ((archaic) without color)
- tom adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Dutch
2 entries- losse flodder noun (simulation cartridge)
- spatie noun (space character)
Esperanto
2 entries- mensa malpleno noun (empty space in one's memory)
- spaceto noun (space character)
Estonian
1 entries- tühi adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Finnish
4 entries- paukku adj (of ammunition)
- tyhjä adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- valkoinen adj ((archaic) without color)
- väritön adj ((archaic) without color)
French
4 entries- balles à blanc adj (of ammunition)
- blanc adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- vierge adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- balle à blanc noun (simulation cartridge)
Galician
2 entries- en branco adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- virxe adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Georgian
1 entries- სუფთა adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
German
4 entries- ausdruckslos adj ((archaic) without color)
- unausgefüllt adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- unbeschrieben adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- Leerstelle noun (space character)
Greek
1 entries- αβολίδωτος adj (of ammunition)
Hungarian
1 entries- vaktöltény noun (simulation cartridge)
Ido
1 entries- vakua adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Indonesian
2 entries- isian noun (space to be filled in on a form or template)
- peluru kosong noun (simulation cartridge)
Italian
4 entries- cartuccia a salve adj (of ammunition)
- in bianco adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- intatto adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- intonso adj ((archaic) without color)
Japanese
3 entries- 余白 noun (space to be filled in on a form or template)
- 空包 noun (simulation cartridge)
- 空欄 noun (space to be filled in on a form or template)
Korean
4 entries- 공란 noun (space to be filled in on a form or template)
- 빈칸 noun (space to be filled in on a form or template)
- 여백 noun (space to be filled in on a form or template)
- 칸 noun (space to be filled in on a form or template)
Macedonian
4 entries- бе́збоен adj ((archaic) without color)
- бел adj ((archaic) without color)
- блед adj ((archaic) without color)
- неи́спишан adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- eu adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Norwegian
1 entries- blank adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- mellomrom noun (space character)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- mellomrom noun (space character)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آرالق noun (void space on a paper)
- آرالق noun (space to be filled in on a form or template)
Polish
4 entries- bezbarwny adj ((archaic) without color)
- czysty adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- niewypełniony adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- niezadrukowany adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Portuguese
4 entries- bala de festim adj (of ammunition)
- em branco adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- virgem adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- branco noun (void space on a paper)
Romanian
4 entries- curat adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- inexpresiv adj ((archaic) without color)
- necompletat adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- neexpresiv adj ((archaic) without color)
Russian
4 entries- бе́лый adj ((archaic) without color)
- бесцве́тный adj ((archaic) without color)
- бле́дный adj ((archaic) without color)
- незапо́лненный adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Sinhalese
1 entries- හිස්තැන adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Spanish
4 entries- de fogueo adj (of ammunition)
- en blanco adj ((archaic) without color)
- en blanco adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- hueco adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Swedish
4 entries- blank adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- tom adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- lös patron noun (simulation cartridge)
- mellanslag noun (space character)
Vietnamese
4 entries- mã tử adj (of ammunition)
- trắng adj ((archaic) without color)
- trắng adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
- trống adj (free from writing, printing or marks)
Sample sentences
48 total sentences available.
The kid looks blank.
Source: tatoeba (68333)
Begin to write, leaving one space blank.
Source: tatoeba (73202)
The police officer fired a blank.
Source: tatoeba (238268)
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