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- Dictionaryvacant/ˈveɪk(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. (of a place) not occupied; empty: "40 per cent of the offices are still vacant" Similar Opposite
- 2. having or showing no intelligence or interest: "a vacant stare" Similar Opposite
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VACANT definition: 1. not filled or occupied; available to be used: 2. A vacant job is one that no one is doing and…. Learn more.
The meaning of VACANT is not occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer. How to use vacant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Vacant.
VACANT meaning: 1. not filled or occupied; available to be used: 2. A vacant job is one that no one is doing and…. Learn more.
devoid of thought or reflection: a vacant mind. characterized by, showing, or proceeding from lack of thought or intelligence: a vacant answer; a vacant expression on a face. Synonyms: inane, vacuous, blank. not occupied by an incumbent, official, or the like, as a benefice or office.
If something is vacant, it is not being used by anyone. Half way down the coach was a vacant seat. In every major city there are more vacant buildings than there are homeless people.
adj. 1. without any contents; empty. 2. (foll by: of) devoid (of something specified) 3. having no incumbent; unoccupied: a vacant post. 4. having no tenant or occupant: a vacant house. 5. characterized by or resulting from lack of thought or intelligent awareness: a vacant stare.
You can use the adjective vacant to describe something that is empty — an apartment with no tenant or furniture, a job with no worker, or a person with no brainpower. Vacant has its roots in the Latin word meaning “empty” or “free.”
(of a seat, hotel room, house, etc.) empty; not being used synonym unoccupied. There are very few vacant properties available in the area. The seat next to him was vacant. (especially North American English) a vacant lot (= a piece of land in a city that is not being used) There is a room vacant, as it happens.
VACANT definition: 1. Somewhere that is vacant is available because it is not being used: 2. A vacant job is…. Learn more.
characterized by, showing, or proceeding from lack of thought or intelligence: a vacant answer; a vacant expression on a face. not occupied by an incumbent, official, or the like, as a benefice or office.