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Empty

🔄 Synonyms of "Empty"

29 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
vacuousShowing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.
hollownounAn unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
voidnounContaining nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
dischargenounTo free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
barenounNaked, uncovered.
openverb(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
whitenounBright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
cleanverbFree of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
eliminateverb(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
vacantNot occupied; empty.
abandonverb(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
drainedLacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
meaninglessLacking meaning.
glazednounHaving a glaze (a coating).
blanknounFree from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
hungryAffected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
glassynounOf or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
lifelessinanimate; having no life
vacateverbTo move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction.
pillagedhaving been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
evacuateverb(transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
strippedHaving undergone stripping; laid bare.
unfilledNot filled, especially occupational positions.
lootedwrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
ransackedwrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value

↔️ Antonyms of "Empty"

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WordDefinition
fullnounContaining the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
fill upverb(transitive) To make (something) completely full.
fillverb(transitive, ergative) To make full
make fullverbmake full, also in a metaphorical sense

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Empty"

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WordDefinition
lifelessinanimate; having no life
voidnounContaining nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
vacuousShowing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.
vacantNot occupied; empty.
empty-handedAlternative form of emptyhanded. [With nothing in one's hands.]
meaninglessLacking meaning.
unfilledNot filled, especially occupational positions.
bareNaked, uncovered.
cleanFree of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
blanknounFree from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
abandonverb(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
drainedLacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
eliminateverb(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
evacuateverb(transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
vacateverbTo move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction.
hungryAffected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
dischargenounTo free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
glazedHaving a glaze (a coating).
open(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
strippedHaving undergone stripping; laid bare.

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