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

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

Back at the Red Bull team bus, moments after the stage finish, two soigneurs emptied an ice-bath. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026 Once home to thousands of sailors and their families, the island emptied after the base closed in 1997. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026 The location sold more than 7,000 pints of Boston Lager, emptied 99 kegs and two full tanks—the equivalent of another 30 kegs—and required five emergency deliveries to keep up. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 July 2026 After the concrete basin was emptied, cleaned and dried, the Reflecting Pool was painted in sections. — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026 The chain-link cages under white industrial tents have been emptied. — Miami Herald, 10 July 2026 Days later, chapter leaders learned their bank account had been emptied and their DAV charter revoked, according to court documents. — Sonner Kehrt, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026 Dwayne Johnson is a famously big guy, one who has emptied the ocean of cod to fulfill his protein needs and whose workouts could form their own editorial verticals at various men’s magazines. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026 The two exchanged words and the dugouts emptied, but order was quickly restored and no one was ejected. — Kyle Glaser, Oc Register, 7 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptied

Adjective

Thekla, Becomes First Women’s Grand Slam Champion Mercedes Mone looked on from the stands with no lighting and surrounded by empty seats.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Much of the ground there has turned black with ash and many cars have been reduced to empty shells of twisted metal.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 July 2026

Definition of empty

Verb

Four other service members were medically evacuated to hospitals in Jordan and later released, while personnel treated for minor injuries returned to duty.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 20 July 2026
On Monday, local media reported that the police entered the protest site again, dismantled the stage and tents, and evacuated the protesters.

— Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026

Definition of evacuated

Adjective

The brick building was unoccupied at the time, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
On June 20, an unoccupied Zoox robotaxi encountered heavy smoke that obscured an active emergency fire scene that was not cordoned off with cones, the company wrote in its report.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Definition of unoccupied

Verb

Mahomes has been cleared for Chiefs training camp, which opens Saturday morning with quarterbacks and rookies taking the back fields at Missouri Western State.

— Sam McDowell July 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Once the debris cleared, this team determined that the system contained a helium star, one of only a few thousand of these stripped stellar bodies to be discovered among the billions of stars that populate the Milky Way.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of cleared

Adjective

The historic Art Deco shops fronting the new hotel along Washington that its developers were obligated to renovate remain fully vacant.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
There’s the new buildings such as Queensbridge Collective or 110 East in South End, which is about 5% vacant.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026

Definition of vacant

Verb

Most railings can be cleaned with these basic steps, but methods for stain removal can differ.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
The law also added a requirement that heavy water users (over 100,000 gallons a day) must use reclaimed water, or water that has been used and cleaned, to offset their use of fresh, drinkable water.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of cleaned

Adjective

The strait is a critical export route for Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, and has remained largely navigable throughout the war.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Humans need transparency and trust in what the AI just did for them; agents need a predictable, machine-navigable structure.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of navigable

Verb

Awaiting a diagnosis that never came and drained of funds from a dizzying sequence of medical neglect and malpractice, Hughes could no longer afford a safe place to rest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Soil with good structure is well-drained and holds nutrients vital to plant health.

— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2026

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