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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

abeyant

  • arrested
  • asleep
  • comatose
  • dead
  • dormant
  • dull
  • fallow
  • free
  • idle
  • inactive
  • inert
  • inoperable
  • inoperative
  • interrupted
  • latent
  • lifeless
  • moribund
  • off
  • quiescent
  • sleeping
  • sleepy
  • slow
  • suspended
  • unoccupied
  • unusable
  • unused
  • unworkable
  • useless
  • vacant

absent

absent oneself

  • abjure
  • back out
  • bail out
  • blow
  • blow off
  • book
  • bow out
  • check out
  • cut
  • decamp
  • deny oneself
  • depart
  • detach
  • disengage
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • drop out
  • ease out
  • ebb
  • eliminate
  • exfiltrate
  • exit
  • extract
  • fall back
  • get away
  • get lost
  • get off
  • give ground
  • give up work
  • give way
  • go
  • go away
  • go to bed
  • go to sleep
  • hand over
  • hit the sack
  • ignore
  • keep aloof
  • keep apart
  • leave
  • leave service
  • make oneself scarce
  • make vacant
  • miss
  • neglect
  • part
  • pass over
  • pension
  • phase out
  • play hooky
  • pull back
  • pull out
  • put out to pasture
  • quail
  • quit
  • recede
  • recoil
  • regress
  • relinquish
  • remove
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • resign
  • retire
  • retreat
  • revoke
  • run along
  • rusticate
  • secede
  • seclude oneself
  • separate
  • sever connections
  • shrink
  • skip
  • stop working
  • surrender
  • switch
  • take a hike
  • take away
  • take leave
  • take off
  • take out
  • turn in
  • vacate
  • withdraw
  • yield

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