English Explanatory Dictionary

vacant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not occupied; empty.
  2. Not present; absent.
  3. Blank.
  4. Showing no intelligence or interest.

Pronunciation

/ˈveɪkənt/ en-us-vacant.ogg

Word forms

vacant more vacant most vacant

Etymology

From Old French vacant, from Latin vacāns.

Synonyms

available empty free uninhabited unoccupied beingless desert deserted desolate disinhabited inhabitantless inhabited lifeless peopleless solitary tenantless unhabited unpeopled unpopulated untenanted vacant wasteful empty as a pauper's purse empty as the tomb on Easter clean leer toom unfilled vacuumlike vacuous void featureless

Related words

vacate vacuous vacuum

Derived words

situations vacant vacancy vacant lot vacantly
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