Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun emptying

1 sense of emptying

Sense 1
emptying, voidance, evacuation -- (the act of removing the contents of something)
       => removal, remotion -- (the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy")

Antonyms of verb empty

2 of 5 senses of empty

Sense 1
empty -- (make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building")
       Antonym of fill (Sense 1)
      => fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")

Sense 2
empty, discharge -- (become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied")
       Antonym of fill (Sense 2)
      => fill, fill up -- (become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb empty

5 senses of empty

Sense 1
empty -- (make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
empty, discharge -- (become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied")
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

Sense 3
vacate, empty, abandon -- (leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight")
       => leave, go forth, go away -- (go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight")

Sense 4
empty -- (remove; "Empty the water")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (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")

Sense 5
evacuate, void, empty -- (excrete or discharge from the body)
       => excrete, egest, eliminate, pass -- (eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone")

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