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- pronunciation:
- veI
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 nt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
without contents or activity; unfilled; empty.
The streets were vacant after midnight.The shelves in the store were vacant after the sale.- synonyms:
- empty, idle, unfilled, void
- antonyms:
- full
- similar words:
- bare, barren, blank, hollow, lacking, vacuous, wanting
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| definition 2: |
not in use; unoccupied; available.
There were no vacant rooms at the hotel.We're still looking for someone to fill the vacant position in our office.- synonyms:
- available, empty, free, idle, unoccupied, unused
- antonyms:
- occupied
- similar words:
- deserted, open, unclaimed, unemployed, unengaged, uninhabited, up for grabs, void
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| definition 3: |
showing lack of thought or emotion.
She was not herself and only looked at me with a vacant stare.- synonyms:
- blank, empty, vacuous, wooden
- antonyms:
- expressive
- similar words:
- apathetic, asinine, deadpan, dull, empty-headed, hollow, inane, indifferent, vapid
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| related words: |
desolate, fishy, idle, imbecile, thoughtless |
adverb + (adj.)vacant
morally, mostly, newly, utterly
(adj.)vacant
+ adverb
across, downtown, seemingly
(adj.)vacant
+ noun
acre,
apartment,
boxing,
brick,
building,
chair,
cleaning,
coaching,
complex,
condo,
corner,
crown,
desk,
dirt,
doorway,
dwelling,
expanse,
expression,
eye,
factory,
flat,
fringe,
grin,
handful,
heavyweight,
home,
house,
housing,
land,
landmark,
look,
lot,
mall,
mansion,
neighborhood,
niche,
office,
parcel,
parking,
patch,
position,
presidency,
property,
pulpit,
railroad,
rat,
rent,
rental,
repair,
sale,
seat,
shack,
slot,
space,
spot,
stare,
stool,
store,
storefront,
stretch,
strip,
tenant,
throne,
title,
tract,
unit,
warehouse,
weed
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| derivations: |
vacantly (adv.), vacantness (n.) |
The word vacant
contains the following parts:
vac
Latin
root
that means empty
  Example words:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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