empty

emp-ty · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

  2. 2.

    (Of words or actions) having no meaning, value, or purpose.

  3. 3.

    Lacking in sense, substance, or feeling.

  4. 4.

    (As a verb) To remove all contents from something.

Phrases & expressions

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    empty-handed — without anything to show for one's efforts
  • •
    empty nest — a home after children have grown and left
  • •
    empty stomach — having not eaten; hungry
  • •
    running on empty — continuing despite having no energy or resources left

Related words

Antonyms: filled, full, occupied
See also: emptiness, hollow, vacant, void
Synonyms: bare, hollow, vacant, void

Etymology

From Old English ǣmtig ("at leisure, not occupied, unmarried"), from ǣmetta ("leisure"). The sense of "containing nothing" developed in Middle English.