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Synonyms for empty
ˈɛmp tiemp·ty
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Wiktionary
emptyadjective
emptyadjective
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
Put the empties out to be recycled.
Synonyms:
leerEtymology 3, clear, unoccupied, clean, toomemptyadjective
Antonyms:
full
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, wasteAntonyms:
brimful, brimmed, brimming, busy, crammed, crowded, filled, full, gorged, inhabited, jammed, occupied, overflowing, packed, replete
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
empty
Synonyms:
vacant, void, clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, unoccupied, waste, uninhabited, unfrequented, devoid, vacuous, destitute, unulled, unfurnished, untenanted, evacuated, deficient, weak, billy, idle, senselessAntonyms:
full, occupied, encumbered, obstructed, cultivated, colonized, inhabited, informed, well-instructed, experienced, sensible, significant, forcible, important, substantial
Princeton's WordNet
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 fullemptyadjective
holding or containing nothing
"an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
Synonyms:
hollow, empty-bellied, vacuousAntonyms:
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 fullempty, hollow, vacuousadjective
devoid of significance or point
"empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
Synonyms:
vacuous, fatuous, mindless, asinine, empty-bellied, blank, hollow, inaneAntonyms:
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, fillempty, empty-belliedadjective
needing nourishment
"after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
Synonyms:
hollow, empty-bellied, vacuousAntonyms:
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 fullemptyverb
emptied of emotion
"after the violent argument he felt empty"
Synonyms:
hollow, empty-bellied, vacuousAntonyms:
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 fullemptyverb
make void or empty of contents
"Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
Synonyms:
evacuate, vacate, void, discharge, abandonAntonyms:
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 fullempty, 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, freeAntonyms:
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 fullvacate, 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, repealAntonyms:
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 fullemptyverb
remove
"Empty the water"
Synonyms:
evacuate, vacate, void, discharge, abandonAntonyms:
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 upevacuate, void, emptyverb
excrete or discharge from the body
Synonyms:
discharge, void, nullify, abandon, vacate, avoid, annul, vitiate, invalidate, evacuate, quashAntonyms:
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
Editors Contribution
barren
wasteland; has no sight of plants, water, or any form of living things; lifeless
"the barren wasteland was dry and lifeless"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
emptyadjective
Synonyms:
void, devoid, vacant, unoccupiedemptyadjective
Synonyms:
unfurnished, unsupplied, unfilled, destituteemptyadjective
Synonyms:
unsubstantial, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vain, hollowemptyadjective
emptyadjective
emptyverb
emptyverb
Synonyms:
discharge, disembogue, pour outemptyverb
Synonyms:
flow, disembogue, flow out, be discharged
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
emptyadjective
Synonyms:
depleted, vacant, inane, unoccupied, void, vacant, unfilled, tenantless, blank, evacuated, free, devoid of, lacking, destitute, senseless, hollow, vain, delusive, unsatisfying, inane, unreal, deflatedemptyverb
Synonyms:
deplete, exhaust, unload, unburden, evacuate, disembogue, deflate
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "empty":
vacuum, hollow, blank, void, emptiness, unladen, lege, vacant, gap, environmental, drain, devoid, environment, emptying, unoccupied, tom, empties, air-to-air, meaningless
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#522 | complete | |
#625 | release | |
#786 | environment | |
#907 | clear | |
#960 | fire | |
#990 | environmental | |
#1723 | tom | |
#1809 | clean | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2215 | avoid | |
#2448 | void | |
#2964 | empty | |
#3291 | leisure | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#3961 | blank | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4409 | desert | |
#4499 | lift | |
#4727 | vacuum | |
#4937 | billy | |
#4981 | weak | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#8539 | drain | |
#8911 | dispatch | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9566 | hollow | |
#10675 | vacant | |
#12212 | unemployed | |
#14530 | abandon | |
#16588 | repeal | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#18688 | mindless | |
#19661 | resign | |
#19887 | meaningless | |
#22918 | revoke | |
#26308 | evacuated | |
#27252 | devoid | |
#27307 | eject | |
#28374 | unload | |
#30343 | emptiness | |
#32560 | evacuate | |
#34032 | invalidate | |
#34999 | overturn | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#36102 | unfurnished | |
#36359 | desolate | |
#36540 | vacate | |
#36632 | emptying | |
#41031 | expel | |
#42606 | renounce | |
#43391 | destitute | |
#43939 | unoccupied | |
#45132 | rescind | |
#47832 | forsake | |
#51242 | inane | |
#52610 | unobstructed | |
#53923 | unfilled | |
#56853 | lege | |
#57833 | uninhabited | |
#58610 | empties | |
#60438 | unencumbered | |
#65899 | nullify | |
#66240 | quash | |
#80071 | annul | |
#83005 | vacuous | |
#85467 | asinine | |
#95762 | acquit | |
#113449 | exonerate | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#128000 | fatuous | |
#149304 | unladen | |
#199723 | toom | |
#265102 | exculpate | |
#295290 | countermand |
How to use empty in a sentence?
Antiquities Minister Adel Shirshab:
Their battle is a battle for identity, to empty the region, primarily Iraq, of its human inheritance.
The streets are empty. The city is void of its residents. Gun shots can be heard in several neighborhoods.
Being Catholic and being a Santero is not a contradiction for them. It is for us, although the Santeria religion uses Christian symbols, they're empty of Christian content.
You can literally see what was a home for a large and strong family and now it is wiped out, every room empty and burned.
Penn State coach James Franklin:
It took a lengthy replay review to confirm the initial call and when the official made the announcement Penix knew was coming, the wild celebration began inside the mostly empty stadium. Allen needed to pull out every trick in the book, too, especially afterSean Cliffordhooked up with Jahan Dotson on a 60-yard TD pass to give Penn State Penn State first lead of the second half, 21-20 with 2:30 left in regulation. Penn State sacked Penix on the next two plays, forced him to throw the ball away on third and an incompletion on fourth, taking the ball back on down at the Indiana 14. This time, Allen called for the defense to give up the touchdown, hoping for one more possession, and Devyn Ford obliged with a TD run that gave Penn State a 28-20 lead. We went through that situation this week. We went through that situation on the sideline. Obviously, we could have handled it better and I could have handled it better.
Translations for empty
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- فارغ, فرغArabic
- puç, xali, boşAzerbaijani
- пустыBelarusian
- изпразвам, празенBulgarian
- খালিBengali
- goullo, goullonderiñBreton
- buit, buidarCatalan, Valencian
- prázdný, vyprázdnitCzech
- coeg, gwagWelsh
- tømme, tomDanish
- leer, leeren, entleeren, ausleerenGerman
- αδειάζω, κενός, άδειοςGreek
- malplenigi, malplenaEsperanto
- vaciar, vacíoSpanish
- tühiEstonian
- خالی, تهی, پوچ, خالی کردنPersian
- tyhjä, tyhjentääFinnish
- tómur, tømaFaroese
- vide, viderFrench
- folamhIrish
- falamh, fàsScottish Gaelic
- casco, baleiro, oco, van, baleirarGalician
- ख़ाली करना, ख़ाली, रिक्त, छूछाHindi
- üresHungarian
- պարապ, դատարկել, թափելArmenian
- kosongIndonesian
- vakua, vakuigarIdo
- tæma, tómurIcelandic
- vuotare, vuotoItalian
- 空, 空にする, 空っぽJapanese
- ცარიელიGeorgian
- бос, құрKazakh
- ទទេ, ទំនេរKhmer
- ಖಾಲಿKannada
- 비다, 비우다Korean
- بهتاڵ, valaKurdish
- куру, бошKyrgyz
- inanisLatin
- eidelLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຫວ່າງ, ເວົ່າLao
- tuščiasLithuanian
- tukšsLatvian
- kautahanga, whakapiakoMāori
- празенMacedonian
- хоосонMongolian
- kosongMalay
- လွတ်Burmese
- leeg, leegmaken, legenDutch
- tom, tømmeNorwegian
- vuòg, vuèg, void, voidarOccitan
- pusty, próżny, opróżnićPolish
- casco, vazio, esvaziarPortuguese
- deșert, golit, gol, deșerta, liber, vid, goli, descărcaRomanian
- опустошить, пустой, порожний, опустошать, опорожнять, опорожнитьRussian
- празан, prazan, испразнити, ispráznitiSerbo-Croatian
- prázdnySlovak
- prazen, pust, prazniti, izpraznitiSlovene
- boshAlbanian
- tömma, tomflaska, tomglas, tomSwedish
- utupuSwahili
- காலியாகTamil
- ఒట్టి, ఖాళీTelugu
- тиҳӣ, холӣTajik
- หว่า, ว้างThai
- boşTurkmen
- boşTurkish
- порожній, пустийUkrainian
- خالی کرنا, خالی, چھوچھاUrdu
- boʻshUzbek
- tẩy trống, tẩy sạchVietnamese
- vudîWalloon
- ליידיקYiddish
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