Entry Word: empty

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 lacking contents that could or should be present <the refrigerator is empty, so weʼll have to eat out>

Synonyms bare, blank, devoid, stark, vacant, void

Related Words barren, hollow; available, clear, free, open; unfilled, unfurnished; unattended, uninhabited, unoccupied; abandoned, deserted, emptied, forsaken, vacated; depleted, drained, dry, exhausted

Near Antonyms complete; replete; furnished, provided, supplied; filled, occupied; flush, overflowing, packed, teeming

Antonyms full

2 feeling a desire or need for food <as the long car trip wore on, we all started to feel a little empty> — see hungry 1
3 having no meaning <spare me your empty apologies because if you were truly sorry, youʼd change> — see meaningless
4 having no usefulness <an empty task that was assigned just to keep us busy> — see worthless
5 producing no results <all of the leads in the missing-person case were turning up empty> — see futile