Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empty words

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: emp-ty -words
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any type of talk with little meaning; a message that seems to contain meaningful content but is actually vapid.

Informal

noun

plural of empty word

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

empty word (singular)

Synonyms

palaver hot air empty talk rhetoric

Questions

What does empty words mean?: Any type of talk with little meaning; a message that seems to contain meaningful content but is actually vapid.

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