Antonyms for vacant
ˈveɪ kəntva·cant

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1. vacantadjective

   Synonyms:
   available, free, uninhabited, unoccupied, empty

2. vacantadjective

   Not occupied; empty.

   vacant lot

   Synonyms:
   free, available, uninhabited, unoccupied, empty

3. vacantadjective

   Showing no intelligence or interest.

   a vacant stare

   Synonyms:
   empty, free, uninhabited, available, unoccupied

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. vacant

   That is empty which contains nothing; that is vacant which is without that which has filled or might be expected to fill it; vacant has extensive reference to rights or possibilities of occupancy. A vacant room may not be empty, and an empty house may not be vacant. Vacant, as derived from the Latin, is applied to things of some dignity; empty, from the Saxon, is preferred in speaking of slight, common, or homely matters, tho it may be applied with special force to the highest; we speak of empty space, a vacant lot, an empty dish, an empty sleeve, a vacant mind, an empty heart, an empty boast, a vacant office, a vacant or leisure hour. Void and devoid are rarely used in the literal sense, but for the most part confined to abstract relations, devoid being followed by of, and having with that addition the effect of a prepositional phrase; as, the article is devoid of sense; the contract is void for want of consideration. Waste, in this connection, applies to that which is made so by devastation or ruin, or gives an impression of desolation, especially as combined with vastness, probably from association of the words waste and vast: waste is applied also to uncultivated or unproductive land, if of considerable extent; we speak of a waste track or region, but not of a waste city lot. Vacuous refers to the condition of being empty or vacant, regarded as continuous or characteristic.

   Antonyms:
   brimful, brimmed, brimming, busy, crammed, crowded, filled, full, gorged, inhabited, jammed, occupied, overflowing, packed, replete

   Synonyms:
   blank, empty, leisure, unemployed, unfilled, unoccupied, untenanted, vacuous, void, waste

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. vacant

   Antonyms:
   full, replenished, business, employed, engaged, occupied, filled, thoughtful

   Synonyms:
   empty, leisure, unemployed, unencumbered, unoccupied, void, unfilled, mindless, exhausted

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vacantadjective

   void of thought or knowledge

   "a vacant mind"

   Antonyms:
   full

2. vacantadjective

   without an occupant or incumbent

   "the throne is never vacant"

   Antonyms:
   full

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1. vacantadjective

   Antonyms:
   full, filled, occupied

   Synonyms:
   empty, unfilled, void, uninhabited, untenanted, leisure, unemployed

How to use vacant in a sentence?

1. Jason Oviatt:

   He was sort of vacant. He was very relaxed, he was very calm and sort of disconnected ... not displaying any outward emotion or any outward sign of real engagement in what's going on, he was very sweaty. He smelled bad.

2. Richard Ji:

   China has the world's largest tourist population...and the largest number of vacant houses in its domestic market, which form a fertile ground for the house sharing market.

3. Perry Brass:

   The most wonderful revenge you can have is by dumping an attractive, vacant man for an uglier one. That way all of his friends can scratch their heads, and for the next year or so wonder why.

4. Author Unknown:

   Vacant minds must have their uses, yet it seems a pity to waste first-class bodies on them.

5. Ellen Goodman:

   Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.

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