Synonyms for vacant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : vey-kuh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈveɪ kənt |
Top 10 synonyms for vacant Other synonyms for the word vacant
- blank
- clear
- daydreaming
- deadpan
- devoid
- disengaged
- dreaming
- dreamy
- empty-headed
- foolish
- free
- inane
- incurious
- inexpressive
- not in use
- silly
- stark
- stupid
- tenantless
- thoughtless
- to let
- unengaged
- unexpressive
- unintelligent
- unlived in
- untaken
- untenanted
- unthinking
- vacuous
- vapid
- void
- without contents
- witless
Définition of vacant
Origin :- late 13c., from Old French vacant, from Latin vacantem (nominative vacans), present participle of vacare "to be empty" (see vain). Related: Vacantly.
- adj empty; unoccupied
- adj absent-minded; expressionless
- He turned and faced Percival, looking from him to his sandwich with vacant eyes.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The feeling then was reciprocal, and he was proposed for the vacant seat.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Novels are taken up to amuse the vacant hour—in this consists their use.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Mr. Gladstone was invited to the vacant place, but declined.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- A man cutting brush in a vacant lot leaned on his axe to look after us.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- The place at his right had been vacant ever since they left Southampton.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- Comrade Ossipon met the shock of this blasphemy by an awful, vacant stare.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- The child's eyes, though soft, were so vacant in their gaze.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The post will not be vacant until the beginning of the year.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- I have taken all the vacant apartments; and must carry this point also.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
Antonyms for vacant
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