empty

empty is a 5-letter English word with 22 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. 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.
2. superlative. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
3. superlative. Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
4. superlative. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
5. superlative. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
6. superlative. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
7. superlative. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
8. superlative. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
9. noun. An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
10. transitive verb. To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
11. intransitive verb. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
12. intransitive verb. To become empty.
13. noun. a container that has been emptied

    "return all empties to the store"

14. verb. excrete or discharge from the body

    Synonyms: evacuate, void

15. verb. become empty or void of its content

    "The room emptied"

    Synonyms: discharge

16. verb. make void or empty of contents

    "Empty the box"

    "The alarm emptied the building"

17. verb. remove

    "Empty the water"

18. verb. leave behind empty; move out of

    "You must vacate your office by tonight"

    Synonyms: abandon, vacate

19. adjective. holding or containing nothing

    "an empty glass"

    "an empty room"

20. adjective. emptied of emotion

    "after the violent argument he felt empty"

21. adjective. needing nourishment

    "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"

    "empty-bellied children"

22. adjective. devoid of significance or point

    "empty promises"

    "a hollow victory"

    Synonyms: hollow, vacuous

Synonyms

evacuate, void, discharge, abandon, vacate, hollow, vacuous

Common word forms

emptied, emptier, empties, emptily, emptiest, emptying

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