empty
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a container that has been emptied
return all empties to the store
Types & categories
- container hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make void or empty of contents
Empty the box
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fill antonym
- empty causes
- evacuation derivation
- empty derivation
Sense 3 adjective
holding or containing nothing
an empty glass
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
become empty or void of its content
The room emptied
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
- flow away hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
devoid of significance or point
empty promises
Related & opposite
- insincerity derivation
- vanity derivation
- mindlessness derivation
- meaningless similar to
Sense 6 verb
leave behind empty; move out of
You must vacate your office by tonight
Types & categories
- leave hypernym
Related & opposite
- vacant derivation
Sense 7 adjective
needing nourishment
after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
remove
Empty the water
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- evacuation derivation
- empty derivation
Sense 9 adjective
emptied of emotion
after the violent argument he felt empty
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
excrete or discharge from the body
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- evacuation derivation
- defecator derivation
- excretion derivation
- purgative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | empty |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | empty |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | empty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | container |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | fill |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | empty |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | evacuation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | empty |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bail |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bleed |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | evacuate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | evacuate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eviscerate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | void |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exhaust |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hollow out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gut |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | full |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | fullness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | emptiness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | stripped |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | blank |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | empty-handed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | glazed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | lifeless |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | pillaged |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | vacant |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | vacant |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | vacuous |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | void |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | fill |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | empty |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flow away |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | insincerity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | vanity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mindlessness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | meaningless |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | vacant |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | emptiness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | hungry |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | evacuation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | empty |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | unlade |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | emptiness |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | drained |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | evacuation |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | defecator |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | excretion |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | purgative |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | excrete |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | suction |