Meanings
- not comparablesimileCompletely empty.
Synonyms: empty as a pauper's purse, empty, empty as a pauper's purse, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacant
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCompletely empty.
Origin
From the Christian belief in the Resurrection: the tomb of Jesus (the Holy Sepulchre) was found to be empty.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
empty as the tomb on Easter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empty%20as%20the%20tomb%20on%20Easter
“empty as the tomb on Easter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empty%20as%20the%20tomb%20on%20Easter. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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