Standard Lemma guide

vacant

adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈveɪkənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: V EY1 K AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not occupied; empty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a vacant room
  • a vacant consulate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: available, empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied, beingless, desert, deserted, desolate, disinhabited, inhabitantless, inhabited, lifeless, peopleless, solitary, tenantless, unhabited, unpeopled, unpopulated, untenanted, vacant, wasteful, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacuumlike, vacuous, void

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not present; absent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Blank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a vacant page

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: empty, featureless

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Showing no intelligence or interest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a vacant stare
  • a vacant look in her eyes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vacuous

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

without an occupant or incumbent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the throne is never vacant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

void of thought or knowledge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a vacant mind

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Old French vacant, from Latin vacāns.

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَالِيّ (ḵāliyy) — not occupied
  • Armenian: թափուր (tʻapʻur) — not occupied
  • Bashkir: буш (buş) — not occupied
  • Belarusian: во́льны (vólʹny) — not occupied
  • Belarusian: вака́нтны (vakántny) — not occupied
  • Bulgarian: свобо́ден (svobóden) — not occupied
  • Bulgarian: незает (nezaet) — not occupied
  • Catalan: vacant — not occupied
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空的 (kòng de) — not occupied
  • Czech: volný — not occupied
  • Danish: ledig — not occupied
  • Dutch: leeg — not occupied
  • Dutch: vacant — not occupied
  • Esperanto: vaka — not occupied
  • Finnish: vapaa — not occupied
  • French: vide — not occupied
  • Georgian: თავისუფალი (tavisupali) — not occupied
  • Georgian: დაუკავებელი (dauḳavebeli) — not occupied
  • German: frei — not occupied
  • German: vakant — not occupied
  • Hindi: रिक्त (rikt) — not occupied
  • Hungarian: üres — not occupied
  • Icelandic: laus — not occupied
  • Indonesian: lowong — not occupied
  • Italian: vacante — not occupied
  • Japanese: 空の (kara no) — not occupied
  • Javanese: lowong — not occupied
  • Kabuverdianu: inban — not occupied
  • Korean: 비다 (bida) — not occupied
  • Central Kurdish: چۆڵ (çoll) — not occupied
  • Latin: vacivus — not occupied
  • Macedonian: сло́боден (slóboden) — not occupied
  • Macedonian: пра́зен (prázen) — not occupied
  • Māori: hāmama — not occupied
  • Māori: wātea — not occupied
  • Māori: āputa — not occupied
  • Māori: tahanga — not occupied
  • Middle English: ydel — not occupied
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubesatt — not occupied
  • Occitan: vacant — not occupied
  • Polish: wolny — not occupied
  • Portuguese: vago — not occupied
  • Romanian: gol — not occupied
  • Russian: свобо́дный (svobódnyj) — not occupied
  • Russian: вака́нтный (vakántnyj) — not occupied
  • Russian: неза́нятый (nezánjatyj) — not occupied
  • Sicilian: vacanti — not occupied
  • Spanish: vacante — not occupied
  • Swedish: ledig — not occupied
  • Turkish: boşta — not occupied
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوش (boş) — not occupied
  • Ottoman Turkish: خالی (hali) — not occupied
  • Ukrainian: вака́нтний (vakántnyj) — not occupied
  • Ukrainian: ві́льний (vílʹnyj) — not occupied
  • Vietnamese: trống — not occupied
  • Vietnamese: rỗng — not occupied
  • Arabic: خَاوِي (ḵāwī) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Arabic: فَارِغ (fāriḡ) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Bashkir: буш (buş) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Bashkir: мәғәнәһеҙ (məğənəheź) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Bulgarian: безучастен (bezučasten) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Catalan: vacu — showing no intelligence or interest
  • French: niais — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Georgian: ცარიელი (carieli) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Georgian: თავცარიელი (tavcarieli) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Georgian: უქმი (ukmi) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Georgian: არარსებული (ararsebuli) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • German: leer — showing no intelligence or interest
  • German: nichtssagend — showing no intelligence or interest
  • German: ausdruckslos — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Macedonian: о́тсутен (ótsuten) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Macedonian: пра́зен (prázen) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Macedonian: бези́зразен (bezízrazen) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Māori: pao — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Russian: пусто́й (pustój) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Russian: отсу́тствующий (otsútstvujuščij) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Russian: бессмы́сленный (bessmýslennyj) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Russian: пра́здный (prázdnyj) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Russian: досу́жий (dosúžij) — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Sicilian: ntontu — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Swedish: tom — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Swedish: uttryckslös — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Swedish: frånvarande — showing no intelligence or interest
  • Swedish: innehållslös — showing no intelligence or interest
Real reading context

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