Antonyms for empty-handedemp·ty-hand·ed

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1. empty-handed, unrewardedadjective

   having acquired or gained nothing

   "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"

   Antonyms:
   successful, full

   Synonyms:
   unrewarded

2. empty-handedadjective

   carrying nothing in the hands

   Antonyms:
   full, successful

   Synonyms:
   unrewarded

How to use empty-handed in a sentence?

1. Christopher Hill:

   I think North Korea was North Korea to the process, but North Korea doesn't mean North Korea's over yet, most of the time you don't come back with anything. Most of the time you come back empty-handed.

2. Haruyuki Takahashi:

   You don't go empty-handed. That's common sense.

3. Jan Egeland:

   People receive threats from gangs and many just leave overnight. Very often they flee empty-handed, there's not enough being done to prevent it from happening in Mexico and throughout the region and to help victims.

4. Chris Constantine:

   They're not going to go home empty-handed, so they make poor choices and dive without carefully evaluating the conditions, or worse yet, diving when the conditions are poor so they don't feel like they've wasted their time and gas money.

5. Officer Michael Rosfeld:

   None of [that] would play into the evaluation as to whetherthis was a reasonable action by the police officer, or a good shoot, [Rose] is running away, empty-handed and he is shot in the back. Period.

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