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empty
adjective as in containing nothing
Strongest matches
bare, barren, blank, deserted, desolate, devoid, dry, hollow, unfilled, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant
Strong matches
abandoned, clear, dead, deflated, depleted, desert, despoiled, evacuated, exhausted, forsaken, lacking, vacated, void, wanting, waste
Weak matches
destitute, godforsaken, hot-air, stark, unfurnished, vacuous
adjective as in fruitless, ineffective
Weak matches
aimless, banal, cheap, deadpan, dishonest, dumb, expressionless, fatuous, frivolous, futile, ignorant, inane, ineffectual, inexpressive, insincere, insipid, jejune, nugatory, otiose, paltry, purposeless, senseless, trivial, unintelligent, unreal, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, vacuous, vain, valueless, vapid
adjective as in hungry
verb as in remove contents
Example Sentences
Might a patient with an empty skull become lucid?
OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada signaled it has emptied its toolbox to help an economy hurting from the trade row with the U.S.
Earlier Rabbi Walker said the empty seats where Mr Daulby and Mr Cravitz used to sit were one of the "first things I see" whenever he walks into his synagogue.
But others have moved or closed, leaving behind empty factories and office buildings.
And the seat next to us was completely empty, so we sat his picture there and we won.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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