Text: 1 lacking contents that could or should be present<the refrigerator is empty, so weʼll have to eat out>Synonymsbare, blank, devoid, stark, vacant, voidRelated Wordsbarren, hollow; available, clear, free, open; unfilled, unfurnished; unattended, uninhabited, unoccupied; abandoned, deserted, emptied, forsaken, vacated; depleted, drained, dry, exhaustedNear Antonymscomplete; replete; furnished, provided, supplied; filled, occupied; flush, overflowing, packed, teemingAntonymsfull 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

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