Synonyms for emptying
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Evacuation
2. Depletion
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act by which something is emptied.
The bucket under the leaky roof needs frequent emptyings.
- n. 2
The sediment of beer, cider, etc.
Related words
- Other spellings
- emptins
Forms
- Plural
- emptyings → evacuations, voidances, depletions, exhaustions…
Example sentences
- evacuation Police forces proceeded with the square's evacuation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| emptying | rising | |
| evacuation | steady | |
| voidance | falling | |
| inanition | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- voidance
- 9 letters
- discharge2, depletion3, inanition
- 10 letters
- evacuation5, exhaustion3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (discharge2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- vidange
- Italiano
- evacuazione