vacant

The word “vacant” has 2 syllables: va-cant

It's pronounced as /ˈveɪkənt/


What is synonym and antonym for vacant?

In the thesaurus, “vacant” has 132 synonyms and 83 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for vacant along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for vacant

  • abandoned
  • abeyant
  • abstracted
  • aloof
  • apathetic
  • arrested
  • asleep
  • at rest
  • available
  • bare
  • barren
  • blank
  • cast-off
  • castaway
  • catatonic
  • clean
  • clear
  • cold
  • comatose
  • cool
  • daydreaming
  • dead
  • deadpan
  • depleted
  • derelict
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • detached
  • devoid
  • discarded
  • disengaged
  • disused
  • dormant
  • drained
  • dreaming
  • dreamy
  • dry
  • dull
  • emptied
  • empty
  • empty-headed
  • enigmatic
  • enigmatical
  • exhausted
  • expressionless
  • fallow
  • foolish
  • forgotten
  • forsaken
  • free
  • godforsaken
  • hollow
  • idle
  • ignored
  • impassive
  • impenetrable
  • inactive
  • inane
  • incurious
  • indifferent
  • inert
  • inexpressive
  • inoperable
  • inoperative
  • inscrutable
  • interrupted
  • jettisoned
  • junked
  • latent
  • lifeless
  • miserable
  • moribund
  • motionless
  • mysterious
  • neglected
  • not in use
  • numb
  • off
  • on the shelf
  • open
  • out of commission
  • phlegmatic
  • quiescent
  • refuse
  • rejected
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • reticent
  • shabby
  • silly
  • sleepy
  • slow
  • stark
  • static
  • still
  • stolid
  • stupid
  • suspended
  • taciturn
  • tenantless
  • thoughtless
  • to let
  • toom
  • unattended
  • unemployed
  • unengaged
  • unexpressive
  • unfilled
  • unfurnished
  • uninhabited
  • unintelligent
  • unlived in
  • unoccupied
  • unresponsive
  • untaken
  • untenanted
  • untended
  • unthinking
  • unusable
  • unused
  • unworkable
  • useless
  • vacated
  • vacuous
  • vague
  • vapid
  • void
  • waste
  • without contents
  • witless
  • wooden
  • wretched

Antonyms for vacant

  • active
  • alive
  • animated
  • assiduous
  • aware
  • bright
  • busy
  • cognizant
  • complete
  • comprehending
  • demonstrative
  • dynamic
  • effervescent
  • eloquent
  • emotional
  • employed
  • energetic
  • engaged
  • expansive
  • expressive
  • exuberant
  • feasible
  • filled
  • flush
  • full
  • functional
  • functioning
  • furnished
  • gestic
  • gesticulant
  • gesticulative
  • gesticulatory
  • gestural
  • going
  • industrious
  • interested
  • lively
  • living
  • melodramatic
  • occupied
  • on
  • operable
  • operating
  • operational
  • operative
  • overflowing
  • packed
  • populated
  • practical
  • provided
  • reclaimed
  • reconditioned
  • recovered
  • redeemed
  • rehabbed
  • rehabilitated
  • repeopled
  • replete
  • rescued
  • responsive
  • restored
  • retrieved
  • revealing
  • revelatory
  • running
  • salvaged
  • saved
  • sedulous
  • supplied
  • teeming
  • theatric
  • theatrical
  • unreserved
  • unrestrained
  • usable
  • useable
  • used
  • useful
  • viable
  • vigorous
  • vivacious
  • workable
  • working

Meanings of vacant

  • adjective
    1. Not occupied; empty.
    2. Showing no intelligence or interest.

Example Sentences

  • The bus pulled away, leaving a vacant seat near the back.
  • The abandoned house had a desolate, vacant look about it.
  • The employee's sudden resignation left a vacant position in the department.
  • The theater marquee advertised a vacant spot for a new performance.
  • As the sun set, the park became vacant, with only a few lingering visitors.

On this page you'll find 215 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vacant, such as: abandoned, abeyant, abstracted, active, alive, aloof, animated.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abandoned

napping

  • absent-minded
  • abstracted
  • ad-lib
  • asleep
  • asleep at the switch
  • asleep on the job
  • at ease
  • at rest
  • bed
  • blundering
  • brutish
  • casual
  • catnap
  • catnapping
  • caught off guard
  • comatose
  • comfortable
  • conked
  • couching
  • crashed
  • cursory
  • daydreaming
  • dazed
  • dead to the world
  • derelict
  • disregardful
  • dopy
  • dormant
  • doze
  • dozing
  • dozy
  • dreaming
  • dreamy
  • dropping off
  • drowse
  • drowsing
  • drowsy
  • drugged
  • fast
  • feckless
  • flaked out
  • flat-footed
  • foolish
  • forgetful
  • forty winks
  • getting shut-eye
  • half asleep
  • hasty
  • heavy
  • heedless
  • hibernating
  • hypnotized
  • ill-considered
  • impromptu
  • improvident
  • improvised
  • imprudent
  • impulsive
  • in dreamland
  • in repose
  • inaccurate
  • inactive
  • inadvertent
  • inattentive
  • incautious
  • inconsiderate
  • indelicate
  • indifferent
  • indiscreet
  • indolent
  • inert
  • injudicious
  • insensitive
  • instinctive
  • irresponsible
  • kipping
  • lackadaisical
  • languid
  • lax
  • laying
  • lazy
  • lethargic
  • loose
  • lounging
  • lulling
  • lying
  • lying down
  • mechanical
  • mesmerized
  • mindless
  • nap
  • negligent
  • nodding
  • nodding off
  • nonchalant
  • not on the job
  • not prepared
  • oblivious
  • off the cuff
  • offhand
  • on the kip
  • out
  • out cold
  • out like a light
  • out of it
  • outrageous
  • oversleeping
  • perfunctory
  • played by ear
  • pococurante
  • quiet
  • rapid eye movement
  • rash
  • recessing
  • reckless
  • reclining
  • regardless
  • relaxing
  • remiss
  • repose
  • reposing
  • rest
  • restful
  • resting
  • roosting
  • rude
  • sacked out
  • selfish
  • semiconscious
  • senseless
  • shut-eye
  • siesta
  • sleep
  • sleeping
  • sleeping in
  • sleepwalking
  • sleepy
  • slipshod
  • sloppy
  • sluggish
  • slumber
  • slumbering
  • slumberous
  • slumbrous
  • snooze
  • snoozing
  • snoozy
  • snoring
  • somnambulant
  • somnolent
  • soothing
  • soporific
  • sound
  • spaced out
  • spontaneous
  • stretched-out
  • surprised
  • tactless
  • taken off guard
  • taking a break
  • taking forty winks
  • taking it easy
  • thoughtless
  • tired
  • torpid
  • unalert
  • unaware
  • uncaring
  • uncircumspect
  • unconcerned
  • unconscious
  • undiplomatic
  • unexpected
  • unguarded
  • unheeding
  • unintended
  • unmeant
  • unmindful
  • unobservant
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprepared
  • unready
  • unreasoning
  • unreflective
  • unrehearsed
  • unschooled
  • unskilled
  • unsuspecting
  • untactful
  • unthinking
  • untrained
  • unvigilant
  • unwatchful
  • unwinding
  • unwise
  • vacant
  • vulnerable
  • wasteful
  • winged
  • wink
  • witless
  • zoned out
  • zs

vacated

vacuous

yawning

  • abysmal
  • abyssal
  • accessible
  • agape
  • airy
  • ajar
  • alveolate
  • asleep
  • astonished
  • awestruck
  • bare
  • below
  • beneath
  • blah
  • bottomless
  • breathing
  • broad
  • buried
  • cavernous
  • chambered
  • chasmal
  • clear
  • cleared
  • comatose
  • commodious
  • concave
  • confounded
  • curved inward
  • deep
  • deep-seated
  • deep-set
  • dehiscent
  • disclosed
  • distant
  • dopey
  • dormant
  • downreaching
  • dozing
  • dozy
  • draggy
  • drawing
  • drowsy
  • echoing
  • emptied
  • empty
  • enterable
  • expanded
  • expansive
  • expiring
  • exposed
  • extended
  • extensive
  • far
  • fathomless
  • free
  • gaping
  • gasping
  • great
  • heavy
  • huffing
  • huge
  • hypnotic
  • immersed
  • inactive
  • inbreathing
  • inmost
  • inspiring
  • lethargic
  • listless
  • low
  • made passable
  • naked
  • narcotic
  • navigable
  • nodding
  • open
  • opiate
  • out
  • out of it
  • overwhelmed
  • panting
  • passable
  • patent
  • patulous
  • peeled
  • profound
  • puffing
  • quiet
  • removed
  • rent
  • resonant
  • respiring
  • resting
  • revealed
  • reverberant
  • ringent
  • rolling
  • roomy
  • rooted
  • sedative
  • sepulchral
  • shocked
  • sleeping
  • sleepy
  • sleepyhead
  • slow
  • sluggish
  • slumbering
  • slumberous
  • slumbersome
  • slumbery
  • slumbrous
  • sniffing
  • snoozy
  • snoring
  • snorting
  • snuffing
  • snuffling
  • socketed
  • somnifacient
  • somniferous
  • somnific
  • somnolent
  • soporific
  • spacious
  • spread-out
  • staring
  • stripped
  • subaqueous
  • submarine
  • submerged
  • subterranean
  • sunk
  • sunken
  • susceptible
  • suspiring
  • torpid
  • unbarred
  • unblocked
  • unbolted
  • unburdened
  • unbuttoned
  • unclasped
  • unclenched
  • unclogged
  • unclosed
  • uncluttered
  • uncovered
  • underground
  • unfastened
  • unfathomable
  • unfolded
  • unfurled
  • unimpeded
  • unlatched
  • unlocked
  • unobstructed
  • unoccupied
  • unplugged
  • unsealed
  • unshut
  • unstopped
  • unzipped
  • vacant
  • vacated
  • vast
  • wheezing
  • whiffing
  • wide

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