vacates

The word “vacates” has 2 syllables: va-cates

It's pronounced as /vəˈkeɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for vacates?

In the thesaurus, “vacates” has 65 synonyms and 29 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for vacates

  • abates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • abrogates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bans
  • bleeds
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • cleans
  • clears
  • countermands
  • depletes
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • does away with
  • drains
  • drops
  • eliminates
  • empties
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • evacuates
  • exhausts
  • flushes
  • forbids
  • invalidates
  • liquidates
  • negates
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • prohibits
  • purges
  • quashes
  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • scours
  • sets aside
  • strikes down
  • suspends
  • sweeps
  • throws out
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • withdraws
  • writes off

Antonyms for vacates

  • allows
  • approves
  • authorizes
  • clears
  • commands
  • decrees
  • enacts
  • endorses
  • establishes
  • fills
  • formalizes
  • founds
  • indorses
  • institutes
  • lays down
  • legalizes
  • legislates
  • legitimates
  • legitimizes
  • loads
  • mandates
  • orders
  • passes
  • permits
  • prescribes
  • ratifies
  • sanctions
  • validates
  • warrants

Meanings of vacates

  • verb
    1. To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.
    2. To leave an office or position.
    3. To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.
    4. To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.

Example Sentences

  • She calmly vacates her desk when the workday is over.
  • The president typically vacates the office for official meetings.
  • As the lease expires, the family reluctantly vacates the cozy apartment.
  • The team quickly vacates the field after the championship game.
  • The courtroom clears out as the judge vacates the bench.

On this page you'll find 94 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vacates, such as: abates, abolishes, aborts, abrogates, allows, annihilates, annuls.

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

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  • abates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • abrogates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bans
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • conquers
  • countermands
  • crushes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • desolates
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • does away with
  • dominates
  • douses
  • dowses
  • drops
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
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  • exterminates
  • extinguishes
  • forbids
  • invalidates
  • liquidates
  • negates
  • nukes
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • obliterates
  • outlaws
  • overcomes
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  • overrules
  • overturns
  • overwhelms
  • prohibits
  • puts down
  • puts out
  • quells
  • quenches
  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • represses
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • sets aside
  • silences
  • sits on
  • slaps down
  • smashes
  • smothers
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • stifles
  • strangles
  • strikes down
  • subdues
  • subjugates
  • suppresses
  • suspends
  • throttles
  • throws out
  • vacates
  • vanquishes
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • withdraws
  • wrecks
  • writes off

taps

  • bangs
  • bashes
  • bats
  • beats
  • bitter end
  • bleeds
  • bonks
  • bops
  • buying the farm
  • chinks
  • chucks
  • claps
  • clatters
  • cleans
  • clears
  • clicks
  • clinks
  • cocks
  • curtains
  • death
  • decants
  • defunction
  • demise
  • departure
  • depletes
  • dissolution
  • drafts
  • drains
  • drums
  • dying
  • effuses
  • empties
  • end of life
  • end of the line
  • evacuates
  • exhausts
  • exit
  • extinction
  • faucets
  • flicks
  • flushes
  • gates
  • grim reaper
  • hammers
  • hits
  • hydrants
  • knocks
  • lights out
  • milks
  • passing
  • passing away
  • passing over
  • pastes
  • pats
  • petcocks
  • pings
  • pit-a-pats
  • pitter-patters
  • pounds
  • pumps
  • purges
  • quietus
  • raps
  • release
  • silence
  • siphons
  • slams
  • sleep
  • smacks
  • socks
  • spigots
  • spouts
  • stopcocks
  • strikes
  • sucks
  • swats
  • syphons
  • the end
  • thuds
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tips
  • vacates
  • vacuates
  • valves
  • voids
  • wallops
  • whacks

unburdens

  • clears
  • delivers
  • disburdens
  • discharges
  • disencumbers
  • disengages
  • disentangles
  • divests
  • emancipates
  • empties
  • enfranchises
  • evacuates
  • extricates
  • frees
  • liberates
  • lightens
  • loosens
  • looses
  • manumits
  • off-loads
  • redeems
  • releases
  • relieves
  • rescues
  • rids
  • springs
  • unbinds
  • uncages
  • unchains
  • unfetters
  • unlades
  • unloads
  • unpacks
  • vacates
  • voids

abates

  • abbreviates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • abridges
  • abrogates
  • alleviates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bankrupts
  • bans
  • bereaves
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • cheats
  • clips
  • collapses
  • compresses
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • countermands
  • crops
  • curtails
  • cuts
  • cuts back
  • cuts down
  • de-escalates
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deducts
  • deflates
  • defrauds
  • dents
  • denudes
  • depletes
  • deprives
  • diminishes
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • discounts
  • disfurnishes
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • divests
  • docks
  • does away with
  • downscales
  • downsizes
  • drops
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • ebbs
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • evaporates
  • falls
  • falls away
  • flags
  • forbids
  • gives out
  • impoverishes
  • invalidates
  • knocks down
  • knocks off
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • liquidates
  • lowers
  • minimizes
  • moderates
  • modifies
  • modulates
  • negates
  • nicks
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • palls
  • pares
  • phases down
  • prohibits
  • prunes
  • qualifies
  • quashes
  • recalls
  • recedes
  • reduces
  • rejects
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • remits
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • retrenches
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • sets aside
  • shortchanges
  • shortens
  • shrinks
  • sinks
  • slackens
  • slashes
  • strikes down
  • strips
  • subsides
  • subtracts
  • suspends
  • takes off
  • tapers
  • tapers off
  • throws out
  • trims
  • truncates
  • vacates
  • vanishes
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wanes
  • weakens
  • whittles
  • withdraws
  • writes off

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