Synonyms for vacuum cleaner
vac·u·um clean·er

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. vacuum cleanernoun

   Synonyms:
   vacuum, hoover

2. vacuum cleanernoun

   A domestic or industrial mobile machine for cleaning floors and similar surfaces that draws dust and other particles into a container (often a bag) by the suction created by an electric motor driving a fan.

   Synonyms:
   hoover, vacuum

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. vacuum, vacuum cleanernoun

   an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

   Synonyms:
   void, vacuity, vacuum, vacancy, emptiness

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1. Martin Smith:

   Their compatriots included such beasts as Wiwaxia, a slug covered in leaf-like scales and towering spines; Anomalocaris, resembling a cross between a lobster and a can-opener; Nectocaris, a boggle-eyed two-armed squid, and Opabinia, which looks like a shrimp that swallowed a vacuum cleaner.

2. Kaplan Thaler:

   We love the story of James Dyson. You see a guy who created this brilliant vacuum cleaner. It took him 15 years and he had 5,126 prototypes that ... didn't work, and we're not seeing that, all we're seeing are the end results and our kids are not seeing the sweat equity that goes into it.

3. Harriet Van Horne.:

   There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, offers more entertainment than the TV set.

4. John Barrymore:

   If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.