English adjective: empty | |||
1. | empty holding or containing nothing | ||
Samples | An empty glass. An empty room. Full of empty seats. Empty hours. | ||
Similar | bare, blank, clean, empty-handed, glassy, glazed, lifeless, looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked, stripped, vacant, vacant, vacuous, void, white | ||
Attribute | fullness | ||
Antonyms | full | ||
2. | empty devoid of significance or point | ||
Samples | Empty promises. A hollow victory. Vacuous comments. | ||
Synonyms | hollow, vacuous | ||
Similar | meaningless, nonmeaningful | ||
Antonyms | meaningful | ||
3. | empty needing nourishment | ||
Samples | After skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime. Empty-bellied children. | ||
Synonyms | empty-bellied | ||
Similar | hungry | ||
Antonyms | thirsty | ||
4. | empty emptied of emotion | ||
Samples | After the violent argument he felt empty. | ||
Similar | drained | ||
Antonyms | undrained | ||
English noun: empty | |||
1. | empty (artifact) a container that has been emptied | ||
Samples | Return all empties to the store. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | container | ||
English verb: empty | |||
1. | empty (change) make void or empty of contents | ||
Samples | Empty the box. The alarm emptied the building. | ||
Examples | They empty the sink of water | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bail, bleed, clean out, clear, clear, clear out, core out, drain, evacuate, evacuate, eviscerate, exhaust, gut, hollow, hollow out, knock out, void | ||
Cause | discharge, empty | ||
Antonyms | fill, fill up, make full | ||
2. | empty (change) become empty or void of its content | ||
Samples | The room emptied. | ||
Synonyms | discharge | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | flow away, flow off | ||
Antonyms | fill, fill up | ||
3. | empty (motion) leave behind empty; move out of | ||
Samples | You must vacate your office by tonight. | ||
Synonyms | abandon, vacate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go away, go forth, leave | ||
4. | empty (contact) remove | ||
Samples | Empty the water. | ||
Examples | They empty the water from the sink | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | offload, unlade, unload | ||
5. | empty (body) excrete or discharge from the body | ||
Synonyms | evacuate, void | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | suction | ||