Home › Words › A › awaynessawaynessawayness means the state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism.EtymologyFrom away + -ness.nounThe state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.absence 72% match — A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship vs awayness →farawayness 71% match — The state of being faraway vs awayness →awelessness 69% match — The state or quality of being aweless. vs awayness →absentness 68% match — The quality of being absent-minded. vs awayness →absentment 68% match — The state of being absent; withdrawal vs awayness →unawareness 68% match — The state of being unaware. vs awayness →aloofness 67% match — The state of being aloof. vs awayness →absentiality 66% match — The quality of being absential. vs awayness →