🌌 In isolation 🕳️ Empty or lacking

vacuo

9.9

Being empty and having no real meaning or value

adjective
/vəˈkjuːoʊ/

Archaic

: vacuo

The room felt vacuo and lifeless.

Examples

His arguments were vacuo of any real substance.
His words seemed vacuo, offering no real comfort to the listeners.
The philosopher described the argument as vacuo and unconvincing.
In the old manuscript, the room was depicted as vacuo and silent.
His words seemed vacuo, offering no real comfort to the listeners.
The philosopher described the argument as vacuo and unconvincing.
In the old manuscript, the room was depicted as vacuo and silent.

Synonyms

vacuous

vsvacuo

Formal

1 8.1

Having no real meaning or importance

is an older form meaning generally empty or lacking content

textless

vsvacuo

1 5.7

Having no written words

is the broader older term for empty or lacking content generally

contentless

vsvacuo

Specialized

7.5

A word with little real meaning that mainly helps grammar

is the older general word for empty or lacking content

Antonyms

filled

946 1.0

Full of something that takes up most of it

occupied

43 2.4

A seat or place that someone is using

Idioms

in vacuo

Formal

1 9.9

To think of something by itself without other factors or context

in vacuo

Specialized

1 9.9

In a space with no air, often for science experiments

How Empty

vacuous

Formal

1 8.1

vacuo

Archaic

9.9

empty

∞ 1.0

sparse

32 5.0

vacant

110 2.6

Surface Forms

vacuo positive

Etymology

Vacuo comes from the old Latin word vacuus, which means 'empty'; think of related words like vacuum and vacant that also mean 'empty'. So when something is called vacuo, it means it is empty or has no real content.