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adjective
- 1. (of premises) having no fixtures, furniture, or inhabitants; empty. Similar Opposite
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VACANT definition: 1. not filled or occupied; available to be used: 2. A vacant job is one that no one is doing and…. Learn more.
The meaning of VACANT is not occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer. How to use vacant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Vacant.
adjective. having no contents; empty; void: a vacant niche. having no occupant; unoccupied: no vacant seats on this train. not in use: a vacant room. devoid of thought or reflection: a vacant mind. characterized by, showing, or proceeding from lack of thought or intelligence: a vacant answer; a vacant expression on a face.
Some common synonyms of vacant are blank, empty, vacuous, and void. While all these words mean "lacking contents which could or should be present," vacant suggests an absence of appropriate contents or occupants. a vacant apartment.
If something is vacant, it is not being used by anyone. Half way down the coach was a vacant seat. In every major city there are more vacant buildings than there are homeless people.
VACANT meaning: 1. not filled or occupied; available to be used: 2. A vacant job is one that no one is doing and…. Learn more.
vacant. adjective. /ˈveɪkənt/ (of a seat, hotel room, house, etc.) empty; not being used synonym unoccupied. There are very few vacant properties available in the area. The seat next to him was vacant. (especially North American English) a vacant lot (= a piece of land in a city that is not being used) There is a room vacant, as it happens.
You can use the adjective vacant to describe something that is empty — an apartment with no tenant or furniture, a job with no worker, or a person with no brainpower. Vacant has its roots in the Latin word meaning “empty” or “free.”
Vacant Definition. vākənt. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Having nothing in it, as a space; devoid of contents; empty; void. Webster's New World. Not occupied or put to use. A vacant row of seats. American Heritage. Not held, filled, or occupied, as a position or office. Webster's New World.
(ˈveɪkənt) adj. 1. without any contents; empty. 2. (foll by: of) devoid (of something specified) 3. having no incumbent; unoccupied: a vacant post. 4. having no tenant or occupant: a vacant house. 5. characterized by or resulting from lack of thought or intelligent awareness: a vacant stare.
