diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "SizeofContainerCheck.h"
 #include "SizeofExpressionCheck.h"
 #include "SpuriouslyWakeUpFunctionsCheck.h"
+#include "StandaloneEmptyCheck.h"
 #include "StringConstructorCheck.h"
 #include "StringIntegerAssignmentCheck.h"
 #include "StringLiteralWithEmbeddedNulCheck.h"
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@
         "bugprone-sizeof-expression");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<SpuriouslyWakeUpFunctionsCheck>(
         "bugprone-spuriously-wake-up-functions");
+    CheckFactories.registerCheck<StandaloneEmptyCheck>(
+        "bugprone-standalone-empty");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<StringConstructorCheck>(
         "bugprone-string-constructor");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<StringIntegerAssignmentCheck>(
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   SizeofContainerCheck.cpp
   SizeofExpressionCheck.cpp
   SpuriouslyWakeUpFunctionsCheck.cpp
+  StandaloneEmptyCheck.cpp
   StringConstructorCheck.cpp
   StringIntegerAssignmentCheck.cpp
   StringLiteralWithEmbeddedNulCheck.cpp
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.h b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//===--- StandaloneEmptyCheck.h - clang-tidy --------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_BUGPRONE_STANDALONEEMPTYCHECK_H
+#define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_BUGPRONE_STANDALONEEMPTYCHECK_H
+
+#include "../ClangTidyCheck.h"
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace bugprone {
+
+/// Checks for ignored calls to `empty()` on a range and suggests `clear()`
+/// as an alternative if it is an existing member function.
+///
+/// For the user-facing documentation see:
+/// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/standalone-empty.html
+class StandaloneEmptyCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
+public:
+  StandaloneEmptyCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
+      : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context) {}
+  bool isLanguageVersionSupported(const LangOptions &LangOpts) const override {
+    return LangOpts.CPlusPlus;
+  }
+  void registerMatchers(ast_matchers::MatchFinder *Finder) override;
+  void check(const ast_matchers::MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) override;
+};
+
+} // namespace bugprone
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
+
+#endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_BUGPRONE_STANDALONEEMPTYCHECK_H
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StandaloneEmptyCheck.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+//===--- StandaloneEmptyCheck.cpp - clang-tidy ----------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "StandaloneEmptyCheck.h"
+#include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
+#include "clang/AST/Decl.h"
+#include "clang/AST/DeclBase.h"
+#include "clang/AST/DeclCXX.h"
+#include "clang/AST/Expr.h"
+#include "clang/AST/ExprCXX.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h"
+#include "clang/Basic/Diagnostic.h"
+#include "clang/Basic/SourceLocation.h"
+#include "clang/Lex/Lexer.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace bugprone {
+
+void StandaloneEmptyCheck::registerMatchers(ast_matchers::MatchFinder *Finder) {
+  using namespace ast_matchers;
+  const auto NonMemberMatcher =
+      callExpr(
+          // unless(hasParent(stmt())),
+          callee(functionDecl(hasName("empty"), unless(returns(voidType())))))
+          .bind("empty");
+  const auto MemberMatcher =
+      expr(ignoringImplicit(ignoringParenImpCasts( cxxMemberCallExpr(hasParent(stmtExpr()),callee(
+               cxxMethodDecl(hasName("empty"), unless(returns(voidType()))))))))
+          .bind("empty");
+
+  Finder->addMatcher(MemberMatcher, this);
+  Finder->addMatcher(NonMemberMatcher, this);
+}
+
+void StandaloneEmptyCheck::check(
+    const ast_matchers::MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+  if (const auto *MemberCall =
+          Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXMemberCallExpr>("empty")) {
+    SourceLocation MemberLoc = MemberCall->getBeginLoc();
+    SourceLocation ReplacementLoc = MemberCall->getExprLoc();
+    SourceRange ReplacementRange = SourceRange(ReplacementLoc, ReplacementLoc);
+
+    CXXRecordDecl::method_range Methods =
+        MemberCall->getRecordDecl()->methods();
+    DeclContext::specific_decl_iterator<CXXMethodDecl> Clear =
+        llvm::find_if(Methods, [](const CXXMethodDecl *F) {
+          return F->getDeclName().getAsString() == "clear" &&
+                 F->getMinRequiredArguments() == 0;
+        });
+
+    if (Clear != Methods.end()) {
+      diag(MemberLoc,
+           "ignoring the result of 'empty()', did you mean 'clear()'? ")
+          << FixItHint::CreateReplacement(ReplacementRange, "clear");
+    } else {
+      diag(MemberLoc, "ignoring the result of 'empty()'");
+    }
+
+  } else if (const auto *NonMemberCall =
+                 Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CallExpr>("empty")) {
+    SourceLocation NonMemberLoc = NonMemberCall->getExprLoc();
+    SourceLocation NonMemberEndLoc = NonMemberCall->getEndLoc();
+
+    const Expr *Arg = NonMemberCall->getArg(0);
+
+    CXXRecordDecl *ArgRecordDecl = Arg->getType()->getAsCXXRecordDecl();
+    if (ArgRecordDecl == NULL)
+      return;
+    CXXRecordDecl::method_range Methods = ArgRecordDecl->methods();
+    DeclContext::specific_decl_iterator<CXXMethodDecl> Clear =
+        llvm::find_if(Methods, [](const CXXMethodDecl *F) {
+          return F->getDeclName().getAsString() == "clear" &&
+                 F->getMinRequiredArguments() == 0;
+        });
+
+    if (Clear != Methods.end()) {
+      std::string ReplacementText =
+          std::string(Lexer::getSourceText(
+              CharSourceRange::getTokenRange(Arg->getSourceRange()),
+              *Result.SourceManager, getLangOpts())) +
+          ".clear()";
+      SourceRange ReplacementRange = SourceRange(NonMemberLoc, NonMemberEndLoc);
+      diag(NonMemberLoc, "ignoring the result of '%0', did you mean 'clear()'?")
+          << llvm::dyn_cast<NamedDecl>(NonMemberCall->getCalleeDecl())
+                 ->getQualifiedNameAsString()
+          << FixItHint::CreateReplacement(ReplacementRange, ReplacementText);
+    } else {
+      diag(NonMemberLoc, "ignoring the result of '%0'")
+          << llvm::dyn_cast<NamedDecl>(NonMemberCall->getCalleeDecl())
+                 ->getQualifiedNameAsString();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace bugprone
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@
 
   Finds initializations of C++ shared pointers to non-array type that are initialized with an array.
 
+- New :doc:`bugprone-standalone-empty <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/standalone-empty>` check.
+
+  Warns when `empty()` is used on a range and the result is ignored. Suggests `clear()` as an alternative
+  if it is an existing member function.
+
 - New :doc:`bugprone-unchecked-optional-access
   <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/unchecked-optional-access>` check.
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/standalone-empty.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/standalone-empty.rst
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/standalone-empty.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+.. title:: clang-tidy - bugprone-standalone-empty
+
+bugprone-standalone-empty
+=========================
+
+Checks for inaccurate use of the ``empty()`` method.
+
+The ``empty()`` method on several common ranges returns a Boolean indicating
+whether or not the range is empty, but is often mistakenly interpreted as
+a way to clear the contents of a range. Some ranges offer a ``clear()``
+method for this purpose. This check warns when a call to empty returns a
+result that is ignored, and suggests replacing it with a call to ``clear()``
+if it is available as a member function of the range.
+
+For example, the following code could be used to indicate whether a range
+is empty or not, but the result is ignored:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+  std::vector<int> v;
+  ...
+  v.empty();
+
+A call to ``clear()`` would appropriately clear the contents of the range:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+  std::vector<int> v;
+  ...
+  v.clear();
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
    `bugprone-sizeof-container <bugprone/sizeof-container.html>`_,
    `bugprone-sizeof-expression <bugprone/sizeof-expression.html>`_,
    `bugprone-spuriously-wake-up-functions <bugprone/spuriously-wake-up-functions.html>`_,
+   `bugprone-standalone-empty <bugprone/standalone-empty.html>`_, "Yes"
    `bugprone-string-constructor <bugprone/string-constructor.html>`_, "Yes"
    `bugprone-string-integer-assignment <bugprone/string-integer-assignment.html>`_, "Yes"
    `bugprone-string-literal-with-embedded-nul <bugprone/string-literal-with-embedded-nul.html>`_,
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/standalone-empty.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/standalone-empty.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/standalone-empty.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s bugprone-standalone-empty %t
+
+namespace std {
+template <typename T>
+struct vector {
+  bool empty();
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct vector_with_clear {
+  bool empty();
+  void clear();
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct vector_with_void_empty {
+  void empty();
+  void clear();
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct vector_with_int_empty {
+  int empty();
+  void clear();
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+bool empty(T &&);
+
+} // namespace std
+
+namespace absl {
+struct string {
+  bool empty();
+};
+
+struct string_with_clear {
+  bool empty();
+  void clear();
+};
+
+struct string_with_void_empty {
+  void empty();
+  void clear();
+};
+
+struct string_with_int_empty {
+  int empty();
+  void clear();
+};
+
+template <class T>
+bool empty(T &&);
+} // namespace absl
+
+namespace test {
+template <class T>
+void empty(T &&);
+} // namespace test
+
+int test_member_empty() {
+  {
+    std::vector<int> v;
+
+    v.empty();
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'empty()' [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+
+    bool test = v.empty();
+    //(void) v.empty();
+    // no-warning
+    // NOTE: This test not currently passing.
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::vector_with_void_empty<int> v;
+
+    v.empty();
+    // no-warning
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::vector_with_clear<int> v;
+
+    v.empty();
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'empty()', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  v.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::vector_with_int_empty<int> v;
+
+    v.empty();
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'empty()', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  v.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string s;
+
+    s.empty();
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'empty()' [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string_with_void_empty s;
+
+    s.empty();
+    // no-warning
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string_with_clear s;
+
+    s.empty();
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'empty()', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  s.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string_with_int_empty s;
+
+    s.empty();
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'empty()', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  s.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+}
+
+int test_qualified_empty() {
+  {
+    absl::string_with_clear v;
+
+    std::empty(v);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'std::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  v.clear();{{$}}
+
+    absl::empty(v);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'absl::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  v.clear();{{$}}
+
+    test::empty(v);
+    // no-warning
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string s;
+
+    std::empty(s);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'std::empty' [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+  }
+}
+
+int test_unqualified_empty() {
+  {
+    std::vector<int> v;
+
+    empty(v);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'std::empty' [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::vector_with_void_empty<int> v;
+
+    empty(v);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'std::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  v.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::vector_with_clear<int> v;
+
+    empty(v);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'std::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  v.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::vector_with_int_empty<int> v;
+
+    empty(v);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'std::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  v.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string s;
+
+    empty(s);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'absl::empty' [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string_with_void_empty s;
+
+    empty(s);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'absl::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  s.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string_with_clear s;
+
+    empty(s);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'absl::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  s.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string_with_int_empty s;
+
+    empty(s);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'absl::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  s.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::vector<int> v;
+    using std::empty;
+    empty(v);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'std::empty' [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::vector_with_clear<int> v;
+    using std::empty;
+    empty(v);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'std::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  v.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string s;
+    using absl::empty;
+    empty(s);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'absl::empty' [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+  }
+
+  {
+    absl::string_with_clear s;
+    using absl::empty;
+    empty(s);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: ignoring the result of 'absl::empty', did you mean 'clear()'? [bugprone-standalone-empty]
+    // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}  s.clear();{{$}}
+  }
+}