Thesaurus
vacant
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of VACANT
1
lacking contents that could or should be present <a vacant room that could be converted into a classroom>
Related Words barren, hollow; available, clear, free, open; unfilled, unfurnished; unattended, uninhabited, unoccupied; abandoned, deserted, emptied, forsaken, vacated; depleted, drained, dry, exhausted
Near Antonyms complete; replete; furnished, provided, supplied; filled, occupied; flush, overflowing, packed, teeming
Antonyms full
2
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment <looking for vacant land on which to build a house>
Related Words abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended; unoccupied; asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy; inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless; dull, slow
Near Antonyms functional, operable, operational, workable; assiduous, industrious, sedulous; energetic, vigorous; feasible, practical, usable (also useable), useful, viable
3
not expressing any emotion <the prisoner's vacant and distracted expression>
Related Words dull, vacuous, vague, vapid; enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious; motionless, static, still, wooden; reserved, restrained, reticent, taciturn; aloof, apathetic, cold, cool, detached, indifferent, phlegmatic, unresponsive
Near Antonyms engaged, interested, responsive; active, alive, animated, bright, busy, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, expansive, exuberant, lively, vivacious; eloquent, revealing, revelatory; gestic, gesticulant, gesticulative, gesticulatory, gestural; emotional, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric), unreserved, unrestrained
Antonyms demonstrative, expressive
4
left unoccupied or unused <police discovered that vagrants had been sleeping in the vacant warehouse>
Synonyms derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forgotten, forsaken, rejected, vacant, vacated, void
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