empty Definition

empty
adj emptier, emptiest

1. Having nothing inside.

Thesaurus: void, vacant, vacuous, blank.
2. Not occupied, inhabited or furnished.

Thesaurus: vacant, unoccupied, bare, blank, deserted, uninhabited, untenanted, stark; Antonym: filled, full, replete.
3. Not likely to be satisfied or carried out.

Example: empty promises
Thesaurus: futile, worthless, ineffective, purposeless, fruitless, aimless, idle, vain, inane, silly, superficial, insincere.
4. Completely without it.

Example: a life empty of meaning
Form: empty of something (usually)

verb, tr & intr empties, emptied, emptying

1. To make or become empty.

Thesaurus: void, unload, drain, clear, deplete, dump, discharge, evacuate, exhaust, vacate; Antonym: fill.
2. To tip, pour or fall out of a container.

noun

empties
1. colloq
An empty container, especially a bottle.

Derivative: emptily
adverb

Derivative: emptiness
noun

A space with nothing inside; the state of having nothing inside
Thesaurus: void, vacuum, blank, vacuity, vacancy, gap, chasm, barrenness, exhaustion, depletedness, absence; Antonym: plenum, fullness.

noun

Lack of meaning or purpose
Thesaurus: banality, senselessness, futility, meaninglessness, insincerity, insubstantiality, triviality, silliness, frivolity, purposelessness, aimlessness, ineffectiveness.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon æmetig unoccupied.