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My employer comes in late every day. 2 company, firm,
corporation, business, establishment, organization, Colloq
outfit: She took her employer to court for unfair dismissal.
employment
n. 1 occupation, job, trade, work, business, profession,
vocation, calling, livelihood, pursuit, m‚tier, skill, craft,
Colloq line, Slang racket: My employment for many years has
been restoring antique furniture. 2 hire, hiring, engagement,
engaging, employing, taking on, retaining, enlistment,
enlisting: The employment of 50 people by the new firm will
help the town. 3 use, utilization, application, operation,
implementation: The job involves the employment of specialized
techniques.
emptiness n. 1 voidness, hollowness, vacantness, vacancy, vacuity,
blankness, bareness, barrenness, desolation, desertedness,
vacuum, void: He was again alone in the vast emptiness of
space. After she left, I felt a terrible emptiness. 2
senselessness, meaninglessness, pointlessness, aimlessness,
purposelessness, futility, uselessness, worthlessness,
hollowness: The emptiness of the candidate's words was apparent
to all. 3 vacuity, vacuousness, vacantness, blankness,
expressionlessness, emotionlessness: The emptiness of her
facial expression told me that she hadn't understood a word.
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.