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- pronunciation:
- veI
k
 nt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
without activity or contents; empty.
The streets were vacant after midnight.The shelves in the store were vacant after the sale.- synonyms:
- empty, idle, void
- similar words:
- bare, barren, blank, hollow, lacking
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| definition 2: |
not in use; available.
There were no vacant seats on the bus.The boss interviewed several people for the vacant position in the office.- synonyms:
- available, empty, free, idle
- antonyms:
- occupied
- similar words:
- deserted, open, unemployed, up for grabs, void
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| definition 3: |
showing lack of thought or emotion.
When I spoke to Paula in Hungarian, she responded with a vacant stare.- synonyms:
- blank
- antonyms:
- expressive
- similar words:
- dull, hollow, indifferent
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| related words: |
desolate, fishy, idle, thoughtless |
| 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:
accident, accidental, adjacent, affluent, agent, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, complacent, confident, consultant, continent, current, dependent, different, disinfectant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, incessant, indignant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, president, prudent, pungent, reluctant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, vacant
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