vacant

Examples

• All

• We're filling a vacant position.

  TÁR (2022)

• But there were many vacant shops with For Rent signs in their dusty windows.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Number 25 is vacant, so maybe we can go through there.

  Blue Velvet (1986)

• - Room 4 is vacant.

  Trouble with the Curve (2012)

• The post is vacant, my dear cousin.

  The Last Emperor (1987)

• I think that apartment was vacant.

  Just Like Heaven (2005)

• The post of a teaching assistant fell vacant in his department, and he was appointed to it.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Yes, there's a vacant apartment.

  Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

• The room sits vacant as a door opens and she enters smiling.

  Film Courage

• In the lobby, a single lamp burned at the vacant desk of the night watchman.

  Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

E

empty

vsvacant

∞ 1.0

Not containing anything

refers specifically to absence of an occupant rather than lack of contents

U

unoccupied

vsvacant

7 3.4

Empty and not used by anyone

is specific to positions or seats rather than to any object

U

unfilled

vsvacant

7 4.1

Not yet finished or given for jobs and orders

means a position with no current occupant rather than an unfinished task

U

untenanted

vsvacant

1 8.1

Not rented or lived in and empty

applies to positions or seats rather than to rental property

Antonyms

O

occupied

2.4

A seat or place that someone is using

F

filled

1.0

Time that has many activities or events

Compounds

V

vacant lot

• US

19 2.8

An empty piece of land in a town without buildings

How Occupied

full

∞ 1.0

occupied

2.4

vacant

104 2.6

empty

∞ 1.0

abandoned

2 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology