Vacant

['veɪk(ə)nt] or ['vekənt]

Definition

(adj.) without an occupant or incumbent; 'the throne is never vacant' .

(adj.) void of thought or knowledge; 'a vacant mind' .

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Definition

(a.) Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.

(a.) Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.

(a.) Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish.

(a.) Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind.

(a.) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Empty, void, unfilled.[2]. Disengaged, not busied, unoccupied.[3]. Thoughtless, unthinking.

Typist: Sean

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Empty, leisure, unemployed, unencumbered, unoccupied, void, unfilled, mindless,exhausted

ANT:Full, replenished, business, employed, engaged, occupied, filled, thoughtful

Typist: Rowland

Definition

adj. empty: free: not occupied by an incumbent or possessor: not occupied with study &c.: thoughtless inane.—n. Vā′cancy emptiness: idleness: empty space void or gap between bodies: a situation unoccupied: (Shak.) unoccupied or leisure time.—adv. Vā′cantly.—v.t. Vacāte′ to leave empty: to quit possession of: (obs.) to annul to make useless.—ns. Vacā′tion a vacating or making void or invalid: freedom from duty &c.: recess: break in the sittings of law-courts: school and college holidays; Vacā′tionist one travelling for pleasure.—adj. Vacā′tionless.—n. Vacā′tur the act of annulling in law.

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