| Main Entry: | vacuum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emptiness |
Synonyms: |
exhaustion, free space, gap, nothingness, rarefaction, space, vacuity, void |
Antonyms: |
fullness |
| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty space |
Synonyms: |
abyss, cavity, chasm, emptiness, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollowness, interstice, interval, lacuna, nihility, nothingness, nullity, omission, opening, preterition, pretermission, skip, tabula rasa, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, womb |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty, uncluttered |
Synonyms: |
absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe |
Antonyms: |
adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain |
| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concavity, cavity |
Synonyms: |
basin, bowl, crater, dent, dimple, dip, excavation, hole, hollow, impression, indentation, pit, pocket, sag, scoop, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, vacuity, vacuum, valley, void |
Antonyms: |
bulge, convexity, protuberance |
| Main Entry: | emptiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | void, bareness |
Synonyms: |
blank, blankness, chasm, depletedness, desertedness, desolation, destitution, exhaustion, gap, hollowness, inanition, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, waste |
Antonyms: |
capacity, fill, fullness |
| Main Entry: | sweep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brush off, away |
Synonyms: |
broom, brush, brush up, clean, clear, clear up, mop, ready, remove, scrub, tidy, vacuum |
| Main Entry: | vacancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, blankness, desertedness, emptiness, gap, job, lack, opportunity, position, post, room, situation, space, vacuity, vacuousness, vacuum, void, voidness |
Antonyms: |
fill, overflow |
| Main Entry: | void |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emptiness, want |
Synonyms: |
blank, blankness, cavity, gap, hole, hollow, lack, nihility, nothingness, nullity, opening, space, vacuity, vacuum |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
Antonyms: |
fullness |
| Main Entry: | carpet sweeper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vacuum cleaner |
Synonyms: |
dust buster, electric broom, vacuum, vacuum sweeper |
| Main Entry: | vacuity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emptiness |
Synonyms: |
nihility, nothingness, vacancy, vacuum, void |