EMPTIED Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in empty

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verb

past tense of empty

as in evacuated

to remove the contents of empty the room before starting to paint the ceiling

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Recent Examples of emptied

Adjective

Videos online showed buses easily gliding through emptied lanes. — John Surico, Curbed, 24 July 2026 Is The Vivisectors disparaging this sort of ’emptied’ novel, or attempting to give it newfound spiritual relevance? — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 Combine equal parts vinegar and water in a spray bottle and liberally spray the emptied interior shelves, drawers, bins, and walls. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 Maybe reaching patriotic Judeo-Christian nirvana should feel like the unbearable lightness of an emptied mind. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026 Bit by bit, Rachel moved her belongings back into her emptied home in Richmond. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025

Verb

When the ball hit the turf, Rocchio flung his helmet in the air and Cleveland's dugout emptied onto the field to celebrate. — CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 The Highland Park High School string quintet performed as the auditorium emptied. — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026 By the seventh inning, both managers had emptied their benches and removed their regulars. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 The main basket lifts out and can be easily emptied and cleaned with a hose without touching any debris. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 She was fired after her breaks and absences emptied her unpaid time-off bank. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 The color pairs especially well with earthy browns and clay reds, adds Malarkey, who recently emptied several green polishes in her kit. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 8 Sep. 2026 In Lihue, a town of 8,000 with Kauai’s primary airport, residents were stocking up on food and water as supermarket shelves emptied. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026 At twenty-four, the soprano ability gone, his coffers emptied by heroin and scammers, Lymon, in his addict’s senescence, spoke to a reporter from Ebony magazine; a year later, he would be found dead on his grandmother’s bathroom floor. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptied

Adjective

On the day Hoosier fans celebrated last year’s 2025 national championship run inside Memorial Stadium, the stands grew increasingly empty as the season-opener against North Texas wore on.

— Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
That would make the construction of small apartment or condo buildings less expensive, helping developers fill Chicago’s empty lots with units that are also affordable, said Ald.

— Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of empty

Verb

They were already gone, having evacuated the site of collective disappointment faster than seemed possible for a crowd of such size.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
All Capitol offices were evacuated after the attack in New York and at the Pentagon.

— Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of evacuated

Adjective

The rig first crushed a construction trailer with two workers inside and an unoccupied car, Sanchez said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Cage is reportedly the owner of the mansion on California's south coast, according to The Los Angeles Times and NBC News, which reports that the home is unoccupied and that there was a gas leak due to the sinkhole.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of unoccupied

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The measure passed the Senate 86-11 in August and cleared the House 262-159 on Wednesday, sending it to Trump for his signature.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
During the episode, Stiles revealed that Parton had cleared the use of the song prior to her death in August.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of cleared

Adjective

In Austin, the vacancy rate for all affordable housing is nearly 16% with more than 4,500 vacant units, according to real estate data and analytics firm CoStar.

— Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
In Austin, the vacancy rate for all affordable housing is nearly 16% with over 4,500 vacant units, according to real estate data and analytics firm CoStar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of vacant

Adjective

Florsheim’s argument has centered on Wisconsin’s Public Trust Doctrine, which protects public rights in navigable waters and the land beneath them.

— Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2026
The Sheriff’s Office patrols the Chain, with 6,000 acres and 15 lakes that are interconnected navigable waterways, along with the county portion of the Fox River and 26 miles of the Lake Michigan shoreline.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of navigable

Verb

Over and over, my father rinsed the rice, drained the water, then filled the pot again.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
If numbers don’t lie…are Hollywood and the streaming platforms actually beginning to release the stale notion that middle-aged and older women are drained of their creative juices after menopause?

— Valerie Monroe, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026

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