emptiest

Containing the least

Emptiest is the superlative of empty—the most vacant, bare, or devoid of contents.

It describes whatever has the least in it among things being compared: the emptiest room in the house, the emptiest promise he ever made.

The word applies to physical containers, emotional states, and abstract concepts alike: Those were the emptiest years of my life.

vacant

unoccupied

Having no occupant

  • bareLacking any covering
  • blankWithout marks or content
  • clearWithout obstruction or fog

unused · available · open · free · spare · unclaimed · deserted · abandoned · vacated · cleared

unfulfilled

yearning

Intense prolonged craving

unrealized · unmet · lacking · wanting · deficient · hollow · meaningless · purposeless · unfulfilled · aimless

desolate

barren

Unable to produce

deserted · forlorn · lifeless · desolate · lonely · wasteland · wilderness · inhospitable · arid · sterile

hollow

void

Without legal effect

depression · indentation · crater · pit · basin · shell · husk · gutted · cavernous · excavated

Opposites
physical containment/fullness

emptiestfullest

Greatest possible extent

richest · brimming · overflowing · stuffed · bursting

population/occupancy

emptiestfullest

Greatest possible extent

busiest · liveliest

rhetorical substance

emptiestweightiest

Most heavy or serious

Family

emptied, empties, emptier, unemptied, emptiers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G