Empty

Quick meaning: Empty is an adjective meaning Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

Meaning

Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

More Meanings

1. (computing, programming, mathematics) Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
2. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
3. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
4. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
5. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
6. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
7. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

Example Sentences

an empty jug

an empty purse

an empty stomach

And I ſhal finde you emptie of that fault, Right ioyfull of your reformation.

Word Forms

• emptier
• emptiest
• empties
• emptying
• emptied

Synonyms for empty

Depending on context, synonyms include clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacant, vacuumlike.

Antonyms for empty

Common opposites include cramful, cramfull, freighted, fraught, full, jammed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lifeless, void, vacuous, vacant, empty-handed, meaningless.

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