Word: Empty

Pronunciation

/ˈɛmpti/

Definitions

• Adjective: Containing nothing; not filled or occupied; void of contents or people. For example: “The room was completely empty.”
  • Further meanings: Having no value, substance, meaning, or significance; depleted of energy, emotion, or enthusiasm; (of a gesture or expression) indicating absence of genuine feeling.
• Verb: To make something empty or void of contents, people, or things. For example: “She emptied the box of its contents.”
  • Further meanings: To discharge all contents from within; to vacate a place or position; to exhaust one’s emotions or energy.

Phrases

• “Empty-handed”: Without anything in one’s hands or without having achieved a goal.
• “Empty nest”: A home that was previously occupied by children who have now grown up and moved out.
• “Empty vessel”: A person or thing that lacks intellectual or emotional content.
• “Empty words”: Insincere or meaningless promises or statements.

Example Sentences

• Adjective: “The jar was empty after we used all the jam.”
• Verb: “I need to empty the trash before it overflows.”

Synonyms

• Vacant (adj.)
• Unoccupied (adj.)
• Hollow (adj.)
• Bare (adj.)
• Clear (v.)
• Drain (v.)
• Void (v.)
• Deplete (v.)
• Exhaust (v.)