English Explanatory Dictionary

vacuous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Empty; void; lacking meaningful content.
  2. Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.

Pronunciation

/ˈvækju.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vacuous.wav

Word forms

vacuous more vacuous most vacuous

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”) + -ous.

Synonyms

empty vacant empty as a pauper's purse empty as the tomb on Easter clean leer toom unfilled vacuumlike vacuous void empty-headed brainless addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded Boeotian boneheaded boofheaded braindead bubbleheaded buffle-headed bullet-headed cerebrally challenged childish chowderheaded chuckleheaded crackbrained cretinous daft dense dented dim-bulb dim-headed dim-witted dim doltish dopey dozy drowsy dull-headed dull-minded dull-witted dull dumber than a box of rocks dumb dunderheaded fatheaded feeble-minded flea-brained foolish fuzzy-headed fuzzy-minded goofy

Related words

vacant vacuous truth vacuum empty-headed

Derived words

vacuity vacuously vacuousness
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