The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - empty adj.

1) void, unfilled, hollow, bare, barren, vacant, unfurnished, unadorned, undecorated; emptied, drained, spent, exhausted: That empty space on the wall needs a painting. 2) vacant, unoccupied, uninhabited, untenanted: He finally found an empty flat with two bedrooms. 3) deserted, desolate, uninhabited, wild, waste, bare, barren; forsaken: He wandered for days on the empty moor. 4) trivial, insincere, hypocritical, hollow, cheap, worthless, valueless, meaningless, insignificant, insubstantial, unsatisfying, idle: His promises were merely words, empty words. 5) vacant, blank, deadpan, expressionless, poker-faced; vacuous, fatuous, stupid, foolish, inane: He looked at me with that empty expression of his. 6) blank, clean, new, unused, clear: On an empty page write your name and the date. 7) empty of. devoid of, lacking (in) , wanting, in want of, deficient in, destitute of, without, sans: Their hearts are empty of compassion. --v. 8) clear, remove, take out or away, put out, cast or throw out, eject; vacate, evacuate; dump, drain, exhaust, pour out, void, discharge, unload: Thieves emptied everything from the house. The police are emptying the building because of a bomb scare. Empty these bottles outside.