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

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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

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1. empty

   Synonyms:
   vacant, void, clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, unoccupied, waste, uninhabited, unfrequented, devoid, vacuous, destitute, unulled, unfurnished, untenanted, evacuated, deficient, weak, billy, idle, senseless

   Antonyms:
   full, occupied, encumbered, obstructed, cultivated, colonized, inhabited, informed, well-instructed, experienced, sensible, significant, forcible, important, substantial

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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, empty, 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, empty

   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, empty, 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, empty, 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, empty, 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  

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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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1. 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

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1. European Commission officials:

   Migration is not a popular or pretty topic. It is easy to cry in front of your TV set when witnessing these tragedies. It is harder to stand up and take responsibility. What we need now is the collective courage to follow through with concrete action on words that will otherwise ring empty.

2. Plato:

   As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least with are the greatest babblers.

3. Woodrow Wilson:

   Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

4. Mary Estela Mamani:

   As a mother it is painful because you open your refrigerator and you see it empty, many women have several children and been abandoned by their partners. I wonder how will they manage if I am suffering from hunger, and how bad is this going to get?

5. George Gascón:

   None of those cases came to us, we can not prosecute an empty chair.