empty

Word Type

superl.

empty Meaning Definition

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.

Synonyms for empty

abandoned,absurd,aimless,airy,apparently sound,arid,asinine,awkward,banal,bare,barren,baseless,blah,bland,blank,blankminded,bleached,bleed,bloodless,blow,blow out,bootless,broach,callow,calm,cast out,casuistic,catchpenny,characterless,cheap,clean,clean out,clear,clear away,clear off,clear out,clear the decks,cold,colorable,colorless,counterproductive,dead,deadpan,decant,deceptive,defecate,deplete,depleted,deserted,designless,desolate,destitute,destitute of,devoid,devoid of,discharge,dishonest,disingenuous,dismal,dog-hungry,draft,draft off,draggy,drain,drain out,drained,draw,draw from,draw off,drearisome,dreary,dry,dryasdust,dull,dumb,dump,dusty,effete,eject,elephantine,eliminate,emptied,empty of,empty out,empty-headed,empty-minded,empty-pated,empty-skulled,etiolated,evacuate,exhaust,exhausted,expressionless,fade,fallacious,famished,famishing,fasting,fatuitous,fatuous,featureless,feckless,find vent,fishy,flat,flimsy,flow,flow out,foolish,forsaken,fribble,fribbling,frivolous,frothy,fruitless,futile,garbled,gauche,glassy,godforsaken,green,groping,groundless,gush,gush out,half-famished,half-starved,heavy,ho-hum,hollow,hungering,hungry,hypocritical,idle,ignorant,ill-founded,illusive,impassive,importless,in want of,inadequate,inane,incogitant,ineffective,ineffectual,inefficacious,inexcitable,inexcusable,inexperienced,inexpressive,innocent,inoperative,insignificant,insincere,insipid,insubstantial,invalid,jejune,jesuitic,jet,know-nothing,leaden,let,let blood,let out,lifeless,light,low-spirited,mealymouthed,meaningless,milk,naive,nescient,new,nirvanic,nonconnotative,nondenotative,nugacious,nugatory,null,null and void,oblivious,of no force,otiose,outflow,outpour,overrefined,oversubtle,pale,pallid,paltry,passive,peckish,pedestrian,petty,phatic,philosophistic,phlebotomize,pinched with hunger,pipette,plausible,plodding,pointless,poker-faced,poky,ponderous,pour,pour out,pump,pump out,purge,purportless,purposeless,put out,quietistic,rattlebrained,rattleheaded,ravening,ravenous,raw,relaxed,remove,run out,sans,scatterbrained,scour out,scrambled,senseless,shallow,sharp-set,silly,simple,siphon off,slender,slight,slow,sluice out,solemn,sophistic,sophistical,specious,spent,spew out,spiritless,spout,spout out,spurt,stark,starved,starving,sterile,stiff,stodgy,strange to,stuffy,stupid,suck,suck out,superficial,superfluous,supernumerary,surge,surplus,sweep out,take away,take out,tap,tasteless,tedious,tentative,thoughtfree,thoughtless,throw out,tongue in cheek,tranquil,trifling,trite,trivial,unacquainted,unadorned,unapprized,unavailing,unbased,uncandid,unclog,uncomprehending,unconversant,undecorated,unenlightened,unexpressive,unfamiliar,unfilled,unfoul,unfounded,unfrank,ungrounded,unideaed,unilluminated,uninformed,uninhabitable,uninhabited,uninitiated,unintellectual,unintelligent,unknowing,unlively,unload,unmeaning,unoccupied,unposted,unreasoning,unrelieved,unripe,unsatisfying,unserious,unsignificant,unsupportable,unsupported,unsure,unsustainable,unsustained,untenable,untenanted,unthinking,unused,unversed,unwarranted,useless,vacant,vacate,vacuous,vain,valueless,vapid,venesect,vent,void,vomit forth,voracious,wanting,waste,well,well out,white,wild,windy,with nothing inside,without,without basis,without content,without foundation,wolfish,wooden,worthless

Synonym Search Links for empty

abandonedabsurdaimlessairyapparently soundaridasinineawkwardbanalbarebarrenbaselessblahblandblankblankmindedbleachedbleedbloodlessblowblow outbootlessbroachcallowcalmcast outcasuisticcatchpennycharacterlesscheapcleanclean outclearclear awayclear offclear outclear the deckscoldcolorablecolorlesscounterproductivedeaddeadpandecantdeceptivedefecatedepletedepleteddeserteddesignlessdesolatedestitutedestitute ofdevoiddevoid ofdischargedishonestdisingenuousdismaldog-hungrydraftdraft offdraggydraindrain outdraineddrawdraw fromdraw offdrearisomedrearydrydryasdustdulldumbdumpdustyeffeteejectelephantineeliminateemptiedempty ofempty outempty-headedempty-mindedempty-patedempty-skulledetiolatedevacuateexhaustexhaustedexpressionlessfadefallaciousfamishedfamishingfastingfatuitousfatuousfeaturelessfecklessfind ventfishyflatflimsyflowflow outfoolishforsakenfribblefribblingfrivolousfrothyfruitlessfutilegarbledgaucheglassygodforsakengreengropinggroundlessgushgush outhalf-famishedhalf-starvedheavyho-humhollowhungeringhungryhypocriticalidleignorantill-foundedillusiveimpassiveimportlessin want ofinadequateinaneincogitantineffectiveineffectualinefficaciousinexcitableinexcusableinexperiencedinexpressiveinnocentinoperativeinsignificantinsincereinsipidinsubstantialinvalidjejunejesuiticjetknow-nothingleadenletlet bloodlet outlifelesslightlow-spiritedmealymouthedmeaninglessmilknaivenescientnewnirvanicnonconnotativenondenotativenugaciousnugatorynullnull and voidobliviousof no forceotioseoutflowoutpouroverrefinedoversubtlepalepallidpaltrypassivepeckishpedestrianpettyphaticphilosophisticphlebotomizepinched with hungerpipetteplausibleploddingpointlesspoker-facedpokyponderouspourpour outpumppump outpurgepurportlesspurposelessput outquietisticrattlebrainedrattleheadedraveningravenousrawrelaxedremoverun outsansscatterbrainedscour outscrambledsenselessshallowsharp-setsillysimplesiphon offslenderslightslowsluice outsolemnsophisticsophisticalspeciousspentspew outspiritlessspoutspout outspurtstarkstarvedstarvingsterilestiffstodgystrange tostuffystupidsucksuck outsuperficialsuperfluoussupernumerarysurgesurplussweep outtake awaytake outtaptastelesstedioustentativethoughtfreethoughtlessthrow outtongue in cheektranquiltriflingtritetrivialunacquaintedunadornedunapprizedunavailingunbaseduncandiduncloguncomprehendingunconversantundecoratedunenlightenedunexpressiveunfamiliarunfilledunfoulunfoundedunfrankungroundedunideaedunilluminateduninformeduninhabitableuninhabiteduninitiatedunintellectualunintelligentunknowingunlivelyunloadunmeaningunoccupiedunpostedunreasoningunrelievedunripeunsatisfyingunseriousunsignificantunsupportableunsupportedunsureunsustainableunsustaineduntenableuntenantedunthinkingunusedunversedunwarranteduselessvacantvacatevacuousvainvaluelessvapidvenesectventvoidvomit forthvoraciouswantingwastewellwell outwhitewildwindywith nothing insidewithoutwithout basiswithout contentwithout foundationwolfishwoodenworthless