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| Main Entry: | vacant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty; unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, available, bare, clear, deserted, devoid, disengaged, free, idle, stark, unemployed, unfilled, uninhabited, unused, void, not in use, tenantless, to let, unengaged, unlived in, untaken, untenanted, without contents |
| Notes: | vacant pertains mainly to things (vacant house) while vacuous pertains mainly to the absence or near absence of meaning or intelligence (vacuous expression) |
| Antonyms: | full, occupied, overflowing |
| Main Entry: | vacant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absent-minded; expressionless |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, blank, daydreaming, deadpan, dreaming, dreamy, empty-headed*, foolish, idle, inane, inexpressive, silly, stupid, thoughtless, unintelligent, unthinking, vacuous, vapid, witless, incurious, unexpressive |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, comprehending |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | available |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready for use |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, applicable, at hand, at one's disposal, attainable, come-at-able, convenient, derivable from, feasible, free, getatable, handy, obtainable, on deck, on hand, on tap*, open to, possible, prepared, procurable, purchasable, reachable, ready willing and able, realizable, securable, serviceable, up for grabs, usable, vacant |
| Antonyms: | unavailable, unhandy, unobtainable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deadpan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expressionless |
| Synonyms: | blank, impassive, serious, stony, unreadable, vacant, wooden, nobody home, poker-faced, straight-faced |
| Main Entry: | depleted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consumed, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | bare, bleary*, destitute, drained, effete, kaput*, reduced, sold, spent, used, vacant, wasted, weakened, worn, worn out, all in, collapsed, decreased, depreciated, devoid of, emptied, far-gone, in want, lessened, out of, pooped out, sapped, short of, sold out, sucked out, used up, washed out, without resources |
| Antonyms: | enlarged, increased, unused, augmented, unconsumed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deserted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned, unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken*, isolated, left, lonely, neglected, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant, left in the lurch, left stranded, lorn, relinquished |
| Antonyms: | busy, crowded, populous, populated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devoid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty, wanting |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, bereft, deficient, destitute, innocent, lacking, needed, vacant, void, without, denuded, free from, sans, unprovided with |
| Antonyms: | complete, filled, full |
| Main Entry: | empty-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flighty, scatterbrained |
| Synonyms: | brainless, dizzy, featherbrained, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, ignorant, illiterate, inane, silly, skittish, stupid, uneducated, unschooled, untaught, vacant, vacuous, know-nothing |
| Antonyms: | cognizant, intelligent, sensible, slick, smart |
| Main Entry: | expressionless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a blank look on face |
| Synonyms: | dead*, deadpan, dull, empty, impassive, inexpressive, inscrutable, lackluster, stolid, stupid, vacant, vacuous, wooden, fish-eyed, lusterless, nobody home, poker-faced*, straight-faced, unexpressive |
| Antonyms: | animated, demonstrative, expressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fallow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
| Synonyms: | dormant, idle, inert, neglected, quiescent, resting, slack, uncultivated, undeveloped, unproductive, unused, vacant, virgin, unplanted, unplowed, unseeded, untilled |
| Antonyms: | active, developed, used, cultivated |
| Main Entry: | inane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, daft, empty, fatuous, flat, foolish, frivolous, futile, harebrained*, idiotic, illogical, innocuous, insipid, jejune, laughable, meaningless, mindless, pointless, puerile, ridiculous, sappy*, senseless, silly, trifling, unintelligent, vacant, vacuous, vain, vapid, weak, wishy-washy*, worthless, imbecilic |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | listless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spiritless, without energy |
| Synonyms: | absent, abstracted, apathetic, blah*, bored, careless, dormant, dreamy, drowsy, dull, easygoing, enervated, faint, heavy, heedless, impassive, inanimate, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, insouciant, lackadaisical, laid-back*, languid, languishing, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, limp, lukewarm, neutral, passive, phlegmatic, slack, sleepy, slow, sluggish, stupid, supine, thoughtless, torpid, uninterested, vacant, energyless, lagging, languorous, lymphatic, mopish, out of it |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, attentive, energetic, lively, untired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meaningless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without use, value, worth |
| Synonyms: | absurd, aimless, blank, doesn't cut it, double-talk*, doublespeak, empty, feckless, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hollow, hot air*, inane, inconsequential, insignificant, insubstantial, nonsensical, nothing, nugatory, pointless, purportless, purposeless, senseless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unmeaning, unpurposed, useless, vacant, vague, vain, valueless, vapid, worthless |
| Antonyms: | meaningful, significant, useful, valuable, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonexistent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fictional, not real |
| Synonyms: | absent, airy, baseless, blank, chimerical, dead, defunct, departed, dreamlike, dreamy, empty, ethereal, extinct, flimsy, gone, groundless, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, imagined, immaterial, insubstantial, legendary, lost, missing, mythical, negative, null, null and void*, shadowy, tenuous, unreal, unsubstantial, vacant, vague, vaporous, void, extinguished, fancied, few and far between, gossamery, hallucinatory, imponderable, passed away, passed on, perished, ungrounded, without foundation |
| Antonyms: | actual, existing, real, true, existent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unthinking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | feckless, foolish, heedless, impulsive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, indelicate, insensitive, instinctive, mechanical, negligent, oblivious, outrageous, rash, rude, selfish, senseless, tactless, thoughtless, uncaring, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unpremeditated, unwise, vacant, witless, blundering, brutish, napping, undiplomatic, unintended, unmeant, unreasoning, untactful |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | vacuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty; unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | blank, drained, dull, dumb, foolish, half-baked*, inane, minus*, shallow, silly*, stupid, superficial, vacant, void, airheaded, birdbrained, emptied, lamebrained, uncomprehending, unreasoning |
| Antonyms: | aware, filled, full, intelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vapid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flat, dull |
| Synonyms: | bland, boring, colorless, dead*, flavorless, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, least, lifeless, limp, nothing, stale, tame, tasteless, tedious, tiresome, unimaginative, uninteresting, unpalatable, vacant, vacuous, watery, weak, wishy-washy*, zero*, driveling, flat tire, milk-and-water, milquetoast, nowhere, uninspiring |
| Antonyms: | lively, pungent, sharp, spicy, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unfilled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not filled |
| Synonyms: | bare, depleted, drained, empty, vacant |
| Antonyms: | filled, full, overflowing |
| Main Entry: | abandoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | left alone, deserted |
| Synonyms: | alone, deserted, discarded, dissipated, dropped, empty, forgotten, forsaken, godforsaken*, jilted, left, neglected, outcast, rejected, unoccupied, vacant, cast aside, cast away, dumped, eighty-sixed, eliminated, given up, left in the cold, left in the lurch, on the rocks, passed up, pigeon-holed, relinquished, shunned, side-tracked, sidelined, vacated |
| Antonyms: | defended, supported, adopted, cherished, maintained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, clean, empty, fresh, new, pale, plain, spotless, unfilled, untouched, unused, vacant, vacuous, virgin, void, white, uncompleted, unmarked, virginal |
| Antonyms: | filled, full, occupied, habited |
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