empty
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- bare, blank, clear, deserted, desolate, hollow, unfurnished, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, void
- purposeless, banal, fruitless, futile, hollow, inane, meaningless, senseless, vain, worthless
- insincere, cheap, hollow, idle
[verb]
Synonyms:
- evacuate, clear, drain, exhaust, pour out, unload, vacate, void

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Antonyms: full
Contrasted words: complete, replete, filled, occupied, packed, teeming, meaningful, pregnant, significant, authentic, bona fide, genuine, veritable
Related Words: barren, blank, abandoned, deserted, emptied, forsaken, godforsaken, unfilled, unfurnished uninhabited, untenanted, vacated, destitute, devoid, depleted, drained, exhausted, paltry, petty, trifling, trivial, banal, flat, inane, ineffectual, insipid, jejune, vapid, dumb, fatuous, foolish, ignorant, silly, simple

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English Thesaurus: available, free, vacant, spare, empty, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. emp‧ty¹ S2 W2 /ˈempti/ adjective (comparative emptier, superlative emptiest)
[Language: Old English; Origin: æmettig]

1. CONTAINER having nothing inside:
an empty box
an empty bottle
an empty space behind the desk
The fuel tank’s almost empty.

2. PLACE an empty place does not have any people in it:
I hate coming home to an empty house.
The hall was half-empty.
The streets were empty.
The building stood empty for several years.

3. NOT USED not being used by anyone:
I spotted an empty table in the corner.
He put his feet on an empty chair.

4. PERSON/LIFE unhappy because nothing in your life seems interesting or important:
The divorce left him feeling empty and bitter.
Her life felt empty and meaningless.

5. empty of something not containing a particular type of thing, or not having a particular quality:
The beach was almost empty of people.

6. empty words/gestures/promises etc words etc that are not sincere, or have no effect:
His repeated promises to pay them back were just empty words.

7. do something on an empty stomach to do something without having eaten any food first:
I can’t work properly on an empty stomach.

8. empty nest (also empty nest syndrome) a situation in which parents become sad because their children have grown up and moved out of their house

9. empty suit especially American English a politician or manager who does not achieve much or does not have much ability

10. be running on empty to continue doing something even though you no longer have supplies of something you need in order to do it properly:
With the country running on empty, the president has no hope of winning the election.
—emptily adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. empty² verb (past tense and past participle emptied, present participle emptying, third person singular empties)

1. (also empty out) [transitive] to remove everything that is inside something:
Did you empty the dishwasher?
empty something onto/into something
Elinor emptied the contents of the envelope onto the table.
He emptied out the ashtray.
Ruth emptied her glass (=drank all the liquid left in it) in one gulp.

2. [intransitive] if a place empties, everyone leaves it:
The stores were closing, and the streets began to empty.
empty into something phrasal verb
if a river empties into a larger area of water, it flows into it:
The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico.

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empty
adj.
VERBS appear, be, feel, lie, look, seem The box lay empty on the bed.
become, end up The reservoirs could end up empty if this dry weather continues.
remain, stand, stay The council is letting useful housing stand empty.
leave sth The house had been left empty for several weeks.
ADV. completely, quite, totally, utterly There was a vast expanse of utterly empty sky to look at.
almost, nearly, practically, virtually | largely, mostly | half a half-empty box of chocolates
fairly, relatively Some parts of the city are desperately overcrowded while others are relatively empty.
apparently | curiously, horribly The house felt curiously empty without the children.
PREP. of The streets were empty of people.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

empty
verb
I. make sth empty
ADV. completely The cupboards had all been completely emptied.
half | out We emptied out the tank.
PREP. of He emptied the bottle of its contents.

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empty
II. become empty
ADV. completely | half The hall half emptied as bored businessmen raced for the buffet tables.
out The room gradually emptied out.
PREP. into The castle had a deep moat which emptied into the lake.
of The streets soon emptied of shoppers.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

available if something is available, you can buy it, get it, or use it:
Are there any tickets still available for Saturday?
There’s no room for more books – we’ve used up all the available space.
free if a seat or room is free, it is not being used by anyone:
Excuse me, is this seat free?
The hotel never has any free rooms over the Christmas period.
vacant if a house or room is vacant, it is available for someone to use or rent:
If you’re looking for somewhere to rent, I think there’s a vacant apartment in my building.
I’ll ask around and see if there’s a room vacant somewhere.
The sign on the toilet said ‘vacant’.
spare a spare room, key, tyre etc is one that you have in addition to the ones that you normally use, and is therefore available to be used:
We have a spare room you can stay in.
There’s a spare key in this drawer.
I got the spare tyre out of the back of the car.
empty an empty room, building etc has no one in it:
The house was empty for two months before it was sold.
They have three empty rooms now that the kids have moved out.
on offer if something is on offer, it is available for people to choose from:
There is a huge network of cycle tracks on offer.
Other facilities on offer in this excellent hotel include a hairdressing salon, a coffee shop, and a children's play room.
the variety of delicious fruits on offer
taken [not before noun] if a seat or room is taken, it is not available for other people to use, because someone has already arranged to use it:
I’m sorry – that seat is taken.
I’m afraid all our rooms are taken at the moment.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

empty used about a place that has no one in it or no one using it:
There were no lights on and the house looked empty.
the empty streets
free used about a seat, space, or room that is available to use because no one else is using it:
Is this seat free?
There are never any parking spaces free at this time of day.
vacant used about a room or building that is available for people to pay to use:
a vacant apartment
The next guesthouse we tried had a couple of rooms vacant.
deserted used about a place that is quiet because there is no one there, or because the people who used to be there have left:
a deserted village
It was three o'clock in the morning and the streets were deserted.
uninhabited /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbətəd◂, ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəd◂/ used about a place that has no people living in it, especially permanently:
an uninhabited island
unoccupied /ʌnˈɒkjəpaɪd, ʌnˈɒkjʊpaɪd $ -ˈɑːk-/ especially written used about a house, room, or office that no one is living in or using at the moment:
unoccupied buildings
Burglaries frequently happen when people are on holiday and their house is unoccupied.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

empty used about something that has nothing inside:
an empty can of hair spray
The fridge is almost empty.
blank used about a computer screen or a piece of paper that has no writing or pictures on it, or a CD, DVD etc with nothing recorded on it:
a blank sheet of paper
He stared at the blank screen for a few minutes.
a blank tape
bare used about a room or cupboard that has very little in it:
His room was bare except for a bed and a wardrobe.
hollow used about something that has an empty space inside:
a hollow tree
The suitcase had a hollow bottom.
free used about a seat, space, or room that is available to use because no one else is using it:
Is this seat free?
There are never any parking spaces free at this time of day.
vacant used about a room or building that is available for people to pay to use:
a vacant apartment
The next guesthouse we tried had a couple of rooms vacant.
deserted used about a place that is quiet because there is no one there, or because the people who used to be there have left:
a deserted village
It was three o'clock in the morning and the streets were deserted.
uninhabited /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbətəd◂, ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəd◂/ used about a place that has no people living in it, especially permanently:
an uninhabited island
unoccupied /ʌnˈɒkjəpaɪd, ʌnˈɒkjʊpaɪd $ -ˈɑːk-/ especially written used about a house, room, or office that no one is living in or using at the moment:
unoccupied buildings
Burglaries frequently happen when people are on holiday and their house is unoccupied.

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