empty
empty Lexical Profile
empty Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents, occupants, or load.
"She opened the wooden chest only to find that it was completely empty."
Lacking genuine meaning, sincerity, purpose, or value; hollow or insincere.
"The voters quickly grew tired of the candidate's empty promises."
Experiencing a sense of emotional numbness, desolation, or lack of fulfillment.
"After her lifelong friend moved away, the house felt quiet and her days felt empty."
• verb
To remove all the contents from a container, space, or vehicle; to make empty.
"Please empty your pockets and place your keys in the tray before walking through the scanner."
To become empty of occupants or contents, or to flow and discharge into a larger body of water (of a river or stream).
"The lecture hall emptied quickly once the final exam was over."
• noun
A container, especially a bottle, glass, crate, or tank, whose contents have been used up or removed (usually used in the plural).
"The bartender gathered the empties from the counter and placed them in the recycling bin."
• Rhymes for empty
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English æmtig, meaning "at leisure, unoccupied, or vacant," derived from the noun æmetta ("leisure" or "rest"). The intrusive 'p' developed in Middle English to ease the phonetic transition between 'm' and 't'.