Nouns (1)
empty
n. a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"
Verbs (14)
void, eliminate, evacuate
v. eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
discharge, become void, become empty
v. become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
make empty, make void
v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
abandon, vacate
v. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (4)
empty
adj. holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
empty
adj. having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
hollow, vacuous
adj. devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
Fuzzynyms (87)
explode, blow up, detonate, set off
v. burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"
fire, bake in a kiln
v. bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
rail, fulminate
v. criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
complete, carry out, execute, fulfill, fulfil, accomplish, carry through
v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
fill, fill up, make full
v. make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
execute, put to death
v. kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"
do, execute, perform
v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
fire, fuel
v. provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"
perform
v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"
perform, give a performance
v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
play, spiel, render
v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
take, remove, take away
v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
run through, exhaust, wipe out, consume, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into
v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
spill, run out
v. flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
tap
v. cut a female screw thread with a tap
tap, dip into, draw from
v. draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money"
go, go away, depart, travel away
v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
emigrate, leave a country
v. leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period"
move, change residence
v. change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
defect, desert
v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
lurch, abandon, desert, desolate, forsake
v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
settle, locate, relocate, take up residence
v. take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
resettle, settle anew
v. settle in a new place; "The immigrants had to resettle"
clear, unclutter, rid of obstructions, remove obstructions from
v. rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"
evacuate
v. move people from their homes or country
deposit, bank
v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"
plain, patent, manifest, clear, evident, apparent
adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
clear
adj. (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
insincere, hypocritical
adj. lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
superficial, trivial
adj. of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"
Synonyms (17)
cavernous
adj. being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"
sunken, recessed, deep-set
adj. having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"
fistular, fistulate, fistulous
adj. hollow and tube-shaped like a reed
hollowed
adj. having a cavity within: "canoe made of a hollowed log"
tubular, cannular
adj. constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
insignificant
adj. signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall
mindless, unmeaning
adj. signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall
nonsense, nonsensical
adj. having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"
pointless, purposeless
adj. lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
Antonyms (23)
fill, become full, fill up
v. become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
flood
v. become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
fill, fill up, make full
v. make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
refill, replenish, fill again
v. fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"
flood, swamp, deluge, inundate
v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
pack
v. fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "They murder trial packed the court house"
pad, bolster
v. add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"
load, place a load on
v. fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
pack, load down
v. load with a pack
full, filled
adj. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"
empty
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