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Synonyms for empty
ˈɛmp tiemp·ty

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  1. emptyadjective

    Antonyms:
    fill, full

  2. emptyadjective

    Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

    Put the empties out to be recycled.

    Synonyms:
    leerEtymology 3, clear, unoccupied, clean, toom

    Antonyms:
    fill, full

  3. emptyadjective

    Antonyms:
    full

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. empty

    That is empty which contains nothing; that is vacant which is without that which has filled or might be expected to fill it; vacant has extensive reference to rights or possibilities of occupancy. A vacant room may not be empty, and an empty house may not be vacant. Vacant, as derived from the Latin, is applied to things of some dignity; empty, from the Saxon, is preferred in speaking of slight, common, or homely matters, tho it may be applied with special force to the highest; we speak of empty space, a vacant lot, an empty dish, an empty sleeve, a vacant mind, an empty heart, an empty boast, a vacant office, a vacant or leisure hour. Void and devoid are rarely used in the literal sense, but for the most part confined to abstract relations, devoid being followed by of, and having with that addition the effect of a prepositional phrase; as, the article is devoid of sense; the contract is void for want of consideration. Waste, in this connection, applies to that which is made so by devastation or ruin, or gives an impression of desolation, especially as combined with vastness, probably from association of the words waste and vast: waste is applied also to uncultivated or unproductive land, if of considerable extent; we speak of a waste track or region, but not of a waste city lot. Vacuous refers to the condition of being empty or vacant, regarded as continuous or characteristic.

    Synonyms:
    blank, leisure, unemployed, unfilled, unoccupied, untenanted, vacant, vacuous, void, waste

    Antonyms:
    brimful, brimmed, brimming, busy, crammed, crowded, filled, full, gorged, inhabited, jammed, occupied, overflowing, packed, replete

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. emptyadjective

    a container that has been emptied

    "return all empties to the store"

    Antonyms:
    overloaded, awash(p), ladened, chock-full, flooded, weighed down, air-filled, untouched, inundated, brimful, meaningful, riddled, afloat(p), sperm-filled, replete(p), overflowing, glutted, pregnant, overladen, fraught(p), untasted, instinct(p), chuck-full, chockablock(p), well-lined, stuffed, engorged, filled, chockful, gas-filled, congested, brimming, overfull, thirsty, heavy, full, loaded, choke-full, laden, egg-filled, brimfull, cram full, undrained, fill, fill up, make full

  2. emptyadjective

    holding or containing nothing

    "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"

    Synonyms:
    hollow, empty-bellied, vacuous

    Antonyms:
    chock-full, choke-full, chuck-full, chockful, full, overfull, chockablock(p), well-lined, overladen, filled, untasted, overloaded, stuffed, brimming, ladened, overflowing, congested, heavy, undrained, weighed down, awash(p), brimfull, riddled, fraught(p), sperm-filled, pregnant, replete(p), meaningful, egg-filled, laden, inundated, thirsty, untouched, loaded, engorged, glutted, brimful, flooded, instinct(p), gas-filled, air-filled, afloat(p), cram full, fill up, fill, make full

  3. empty, hollow, vacuousadjective

    devoid of significance or point

    "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

    Synonyms:
    vacuous, fatuous, mindless, asinine, empty-bellied, blank, hollow, inane

    Antonyms:
    awash(p), laden, glutted, meaningful, untouched, chuck-full, congested, loaded, well-lined, chockful, riddled, overladen, sperm-filled, choke-full, overloaded, chockablock(p), weighed down, filled, thirsty, brimful, replete(p), chock-full, pregnant, instinct(p), undrained, afloat(p), inundated, fraught(p), cram full, ladened, heavy, air-filled, overflowing, full, stuffed, brimfull, overfull, flooded, engorged, untasted, brimming, gas-filled, egg-filled, fill up, make full, fill

  4. empty, empty-belliedadjective

    needing nourishment

    "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"

    Synonyms:
    hollow, empty-bellied, vacuous

    Antonyms:
    replete(p), stuffed, chockablock(p), chock-full, brimming, afloat(p), untouched, loaded, untasted, thirsty, egg-filled, fraught(p), gas-filled, ladened, well-lined, chockful, riddled, glutted, air-filled, engorged, full, inundated, filled, congested, brimfull, overflowing, weighed down, instinct(p), flooded, overladen, heavy, pregnant, overloaded, choke-full, meaningful, undrained, overfull, brimful, laden, sperm-filled, cram full, awash(p), chuck-full, fill up, fill, make full

  5. emptyverb

    emptied of emotion

    "after the violent argument he felt empty"

    Synonyms:
    hollow, empty-bellied, vacuous

    Antonyms:
    overladen, engorged, untouched, untasted, overfull, riddled, thirsty, pregnant, chock-full, ladened, filled, sperm-filled, chockablock(p), brimming, chockful, fraught(p), choke-full, air-filled, afloat(p), stuffed, glutted, inundated, instinct(p), cram full, heavy, well-lined, meaningful, undrained, brimfull, brimful, chuck-full, gas-filled, full, congested, weighed down, loaded, awash(p), flooded, overflowing, egg-filled, replete(p), overloaded, laden, fill, fill up, make full

  6. emptyverb

    make void or empty of contents

    "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

    Synonyms:
    evacuate, vacate, void, discharge, abandon

    Antonyms:
    thirsty, brimful, overloaded, ladened, well-lined, inundated, congested, chockablock(p), untasted, brimming, meaningful, sperm-filled, replete(p), afloat(p), overladen, weighed down, chockful, air-filled, egg-filled, laden, pregnant, stuffed, full, gas-filled, chock-full, untouched, cram full, glutted, instinct(p), loaded, overflowing, riddled, engorged, awash(p), undrained, fraught(p), heavy, choke-full, chuck-full, filled, overfull, flooded, brimfull, fill, fill up, make full

  7. empty, dischargeverb

    become empty or void of its content

    "The room emptied"

    Synonyms:
    exhaust, assoil, expel, abandon, dispatch, vacate, clear, acquit, discharge, release, evacuate, put down, eject, exonerate, drop, muster out, complete, exculpate, drop off, set down, go off, unload, void, fire, free

    Antonyms:
    choke-full, riddled, overloaded, stuffed, flooded, gas-filled, heavy, chockful, filled, overflowing, meaningful, cram full, sperm-filled, pregnant, egg-filled, overladen, fraught(p), replete(p), glutted, loaded, instinct(p), inundated, laden, congested, engorged, ladened, full, untouched, overfull, afloat(p), brimfull, well-lined, chock-full, awash(p), brimful, thirsty, brimming, air-filled, undrained, untasted, chuck-full, chockablock(p), weighed down, fill, fill up, make full

  8. vacate, empty, abandonverb

    leave behind empty; move out of

    "You must vacate your office by tonight"

    Synonyms:
    overturn, abandon, lift, vacate, annul, rescind, countermand, discharge, evacuate, reverse, renounce, desolate, give up, resign, desert, revoke, forsake, void, repeal

    Antonyms:
    thirsty, chock-full, overladen, fraught(p), meaningful, afloat(p), weighed down, engorged, congested, riddled, undrained, flooded, ladened, awash(p), choke-full, full, overfull, stuffed, brimful, untasted, well-lined, air-filled, gas-filled, filled, heavy, pregnant, laden, overflowing, untouched, overloaded, chockablock(p), sperm-filled, inundated, brimming, egg-filled, cram full, instinct(p), chuck-full, glutted, replete(p), chockful, brimfull, loaded, fill up, fill, make full

  9. emptyverb

    remove

    "Empty the water"

    Synonyms:
    evacuate, vacate, void, discharge, abandon

    Antonyms:
    full, air-filled, afloat(p), replete(p), overflowing, stuffed, choke-full, laden, untasted, chuck-full, chock-full, brimming, egg-filled, untouched, thirsty, weighed down, overfull, glutted, congested, fraught(p), inundated, flooded, overladen, ladened, sperm-filled, loaded, meaningful, gas-filled, heavy, chockablock(p), chockful, overloaded, well-lined, awash(p), undrained, pregnant, riddled, brimful, cram full, engorged, instinct(p), brimfull, filled, fill, make full, fill up

  10. evacuate, void, emptyverb

    excrete or discharge from the body

    Synonyms:
    discharge, void, nullify, abandon, vacate, avoid, annul, vitiate, invalidate, evacuate, quash

    Antonyms:
    heavy, overfull, awash(p), thirsty, ladened, air-filled, chockablock(p), undrained, congested, brimful, inundated, riddled, sperm-filled, untouched, instinct(p), full, fraught(p), afloat(p), well-lined, filled, meaningful, brimming, choke-full, egg-filled, weighed down, replete(p), gas-filled, stuffed, chock-full, brimfull, loaded, cram full, untasted, engorged, chuck-full, laden, overladen, pregnant, chockful, glutted, overflowing, flooded, overloaded, fill up, make full, fill

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  1. barren

    wasteland; has no sight of plants, water, or any form of living things; lifeless

    "the barren wasteland was dry and lifeless"

    Submitted by anonymous on May 3, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. emptyadjective

    Synonyms:
    void, devoid, vacant, unoccupied

  2. emptyadjective

    Synonyms:
    unfurnished, unsupplied, unfilled, destitute

  3. emptyadjective

    Synonyms:
    unsubstantial, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vain, hollow

  4. emptyadjective

    Synonyms:
    desolate, waste, deserted

  5. emptyadjective

    Synonyms:
    senseless, silly, weak

  6. emptyverb

    Synonyms:
    exhaust, drain, evacuate, deplete

  7. emptyverb

    Synonyms:
    discharge, disembogue, pour out

  8. emptyverb

    Synonyms:
    flow, disembogue, flow out, be discharged

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  1. emptyadjective

    Synonyms:
    depleted, vacant, inane, unoccupied, void, vacant, unfilled, tenantless, blank, evacuated, free, devoid of, lacking, destitute, senseless, hollow, vain, delusive, unsatisfying, inane, unreal, deflated

  2. emptyverb

    Synonyms:
    deplete, exhaust, unload, unburden, evacuate, disembogue, deflate

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How to use empty in a sentence?

  1. Janeane Garofalo:

    I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

  2. Bryant McGill:

    Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.

  3. Nathan Collier:

    Malware like FakeFortnite are … in a ‘ grey ’ area. There may not be an actual malware/infection threat, but sending users down a rabbit hole like this were they are left empty handed is still considered malicious activity.

  4. Catherine McGann/Getty Images:

    If you don’t deal with those problems, you’re not going to be able to encourage people to go back into the empty office buildings and work because they’re not going to want to take the risk.

  5. St. Jerome:

    For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.


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