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Definition: Vacant |
VacantAdjective1. Void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind". 2. Without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vacant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Vacant \Va"cant\, adjective. [French expression, from the Latin expression vacans, -antis, present participle of vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to English void. Compare to Evacuate, Void,]. (references) |
Synonyms: VacantSynonyms: devoid, disengaged, free, idle, listless, uncrowded, unemployed, unincumbered, void. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence | Empty, void; vacant, vacuous; untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited; tenantless; barren, sterile; desert, deserted; devoid; uninhabitable. |
Imbecility Folly | Fatuous, idiotic, imbecile, driveling; blatant, babbling; vacant; sottish; bewildered;. |
Incogitancy | Adjective: vacant, unintellectual, unideal, unoccupied, unthinking, inconsiderate, thoughtless, mindless, no-brain, vacuous; absent; (inattentive); diverted; irrational; narrow-minded. |
Insufficiency | Slack, at a low ebb; empty, vacant, bare; short of, out of, devoid of, bereft of; denuded of; dry, drained. |
Leisure | Noun: leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare moments; vacant hour; time, time to spare, time on one's hands; holiday, relaxation; (rest); otium cum dignitate, ease. |
Unmeaningness | Inexpressive, unexpressive; vacant; not significant; insignificant. |
Unsubstantiality | Vacant, vacuous; empty; eviscerated; blank, hollow; nominal; null; inane. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, you could show me how to twirl hair around my little finger and look vacant. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) Notice the vacant stare, the completely mindless look (The Real Ghost Busters; writing credit: Lawrence G. DiTillio; Pat Allee) A man without dreams is as empty as a vacant lot. Everyone needs dreams (Vacant Lot; writing credit: Paul Branton; Skee Skinner) Let me see; red hair, vacant expressions, tatty second-hand books, you must be the Weasleys (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; writing credit: Steven Kloves) | |
Lyrics | Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores (MY HOMETOWN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Looking out on a vacant field (Long Time Gone; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) Double cross the vacant and the bored (1979; performing artist: Smashing Pumpkins) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Vacant Lot (1967) There's a Vacant Chair at Home Sweet Home (1922) The Vacant Chair (1914) Vacant Lot (2000) The Vacant Lot (1994) | |
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 | Bachelor's Button (Centaurea cyanus) found on a vacant lot along Spring Street in Medford, OR. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Receiving her 3"/50 main gun at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, March 1950. Photograph released 17 March 1950 by 14th Naval District PIO, with the following caption: "GUNS INSTALLED ON KOREAN PATROL CRAFT .... The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on Wednesday started placing guns on the vacant mounts of the Korean Naval Patrol Craft 'Bak Dusan'. Scheduled for installation on the craft is one 3" anti-aircraft gun and six .50 caliber machine guns. The work at the local shipyard was authorized by the Secretary of Defense. Shown above are shipyard workers placing the 3" gun on the mount while Korean Naval Officers watch the operation. The 'Bak Dusan' which arrived in the Islands from New York on January 24, is enroute to its homeland.". Credit: NAVY. |
 | The vacant chairs at the opening of school. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Vacant bank building. Saint Martinville, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Arcade of one of the main building of the Burro Mountain Copper Company at Tyrone, New Mexico. This company constructed the elaborate office and town buildings in addition to extensive company housing. All of these are now vacant after the abandonment of. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Vacant drugstore. Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Vacant factory space for rent. Lawrence, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sign on a vacant lot in Vienna, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A vacant mill on a street in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Albion, New York (vicinity). The Friends' new home had been vacant for many years but they play to rebuild the place and make a real home for themselves. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Louis XIV | Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful. |
Oliver Goldsmith | The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. |
William Cowper | Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | All barons who have founded abbeys, concerning which they hold charters from the kings of England, or of which they have long continued possession, shall have the wardship of them, when vacant, as they ought to have. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | And the same measure may be allowed still without prejudice to any body, as full as the world seems: for supposing a man, or family, in the state they were at first peopling of the world by the children of Adam, or Noah; let him plant in some inland, vacant places of America, we shall find that the possessions he could make himself, upon the measures we have given, would not be very large, nor, even to this day, prejudice the rest of mankind, or give them reason to complain, or think themselves injured by this man's incroachment, though the race of men have now spread themselves to all the corners of the world, and do infinitely exceed the small number was at the beginning. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Punctuality | Carroll, Lewis | Let every hour be in its place Firm fixed, nor loosely shift, And well enjoy the vacant space, As though a birthday gift |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And tractors turning the multiple furrows in the vacant land |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Construction and utility workers can be exposed when they work in crawl spaces under houses or in vacant buildings that may have a rodent population. (references) | |
The special precautions may also apply to vacant dwellings that have attracted numbers of rodents while unoccupied and to dwellings and other structures that have been occupied by persons with confirmed hantavirus infection. (references) | ||
Business | Vacant IT-jobs are mostly announced in trade journals, with the internet also gaining importance as an advertising platform. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Hong Kong | A publisher of Falun Gong publications again successfully reserved prominent space at the annual Hong Kong International Book Fair, but decided to leave the space vacant. (references) |
Economic History | India | The remaining 14 circles are vacant. (references) |
India | Paging: 13 vacant slots are available for providing paging services. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bangladesh | On September 7, 70 sex workers tried to re-enter the vacant Tanbazar brothel. (references) |
El Salvador | The position had been vacant officially for 17 months and in practice for 5 months. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | During the year, the CNM met for only the second time since it was established in 1994 to fill three vacant seats on the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Political Economy | Azerbaijan | Parliamentary byelections held in November in Tovuz and Adjabedi to fill vacant parliament seats also were marred by election fraud and ballot box-stuffing. (references) |
Political Rights | Malawi | The second vice-presidency remains vacant. (references) |
Ukraine | In June 2000, by-elections were held to fill 10 vacant parliament seats. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London -- "Rubbish may be shot here." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Several new States have been admitted into our Union to the west and south, and Territorial governments, happily organized, established over every other portion in which there is vacant land for sale. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The recommendation was adopted, and at different periods of time the States of Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia granted their vacant soil for the uses for which they had been asked. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | In thousands of homes in America, in millions of homes around the world, there are vacant chairs. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Vacant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vacant" is used about 828 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 828 | 8,467 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "vacant": announce as vacant ♦ become vacant ♦ fall vacant ♦ fill a vacant post ♦ situations vacant ♦ vacant chair ♦ vacant code group ♦ vacant code intercept ♦ vacant housing unit ♦ vacant job ♦ vacant land ♦ vacant lot ♦ vacant mobile ID ♦ vacant mobile identification ♦ vacant number ♦ vacant position ♦ vacant possession ♦ vacant seat ♦ vacant state ♦ vacant succession ♦ with vacant possession. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "vacant": vacant-code, vacant-eyed, vacant-faced. | |
Ending with "vacant": non-vacant, then-vacant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "vacant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vakant. (various references) | |
Albanian | vakant, i zbrazët (blank, empty, hollow, vacuous, void), i pazënë (clear, empty, free, loose, open, unoccupied, void), i lirë (at ease, available, brummagem, cheap, clear, disengaged, disposable, empty, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, frugal, inexpensive, loose, native, off, off duty, off-hour, open, quit, scotfree, twopenny, unattached, unbound, uncostly, uninhibited, unoccupied), bosh (bare, bladdery, blank, empty, fiddling, gassy, hollow, hot air, idle, inane, milk and water, open, thin, trifling, unoccupied, vacuous, void, white). (various references) | |
Arabic | خلو من التعبير (stony, unmeant), أحمق (ass, barmy, berk, bonkers, brutish, childish, chuckle-head, chump, cuckoo, daft, empty, empty headed, fantastic, fat, fathead, fatuous, foolish, footless, goofy, goon, haywire, idiotic, impolitic, imprudent, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, insensate, jerk, lemon, mad, meaningless, nit, nitwit, nonsensical, numskull, ornery, oyster, perverse, pointless, prat, screwball, senseless, sod, stupid, unwise, wacky, weak, weak-minded, whacky, witless, wood-headed, zany), أبله (asinine, ass, brainless, coot, cuckoo, daw, dense, dim witted, dullard, fatuous, feeble minded, gaga, gawky, goofy, half-witted, idiotic, imbecile, lemon, mad, patsy, screwed, sheepish, silly, sod, sodden, softy, soppy, stick in the mud, stupid, vacuous, wood-headed), شاغر (unoccupied, void). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свободен (at large, available, disengaged, disposable, easeful, easy, exempt, facile, familiar, fetterless, floating, fluent, footloose, free, glib, go-as-you-please, immune, independent, intestate, leisure, loose, neglige, off, open, otiose, quit, spare, tripping, unbending, unbound, unbuttoned, uncommitted, unconstrained, unforced, unreserved, unrestricted, unstudied, untenanted, untrammelled, void, wide), равнодушен (apathetic, apathetical, careless, cold, cold blooded, indifferent, insensible, listless, lukewarm, nonchalant, pococurante, unconcerned, unmoved), разсеян (absent, absent minded, diffuse, disseminated, distrait, forgetful, moony, oblivious, preoccupied, rare, scatter-brained, stray, unmindful, wandering, wool gathering), глупав (anserine, asinine, blackhearted, blithering, blockish, blunt, brainless, cockscomb, crass, daft, dense, dim witted, dopey, dopy, dozy, fat, fatuous, flat-footed, fool, foolish, footless, footling, goofy, hebetate, inane, inept, irrational, lame brain, lumpish, lunatic, mindless, mutton-headed, nonsensical, off one's nut, piffling, puddingy, puerile, purblind, sappy, senseless, silly, simple, slow witted, stockish, stupid, thick, thick-skulled, thick-witted, tomfool, trumpery, unintelligent, unwise, vacuous, whacked, witless, wooden-headed), необитаван (devoid of inhabitants, uninhabited, vacuous), ненаселен (unsettled), незает с нищо, незает (free, idle, leisure, off, unappropriated, unemployed), апатичен (apathetic, apathetical, inanimate, languid, lethargic, listless, spiritless, torpid), безучастен (cool, impersonal, indifferent, passive, unconcerned, unimpressed), блуждаещ (errant, erratic, excursive, faraway, planetary, vagrant), пуст (bleak, desert, deserted, desolate, drear, empty, harsh, inane, infernal, inhospitable, uncouth, uninhabited, vain, waste, wild, yeasty), празноглав (empty headed, featherbrained, featherheaded, fluffy, rattle-brained, rattle-headed, rattle-pated), празен (airy, airy fairy, bare, barren, blank, empty, hollow, idle, inane, light, loose, piffling, pithless, purposeless, sounding, superficial, uncharged, unsubstantial, untenanted, vacuous, vain, void, yeasty). (various references) | |
Chinese | 空置. (various references) | |
Czech | volný (clear, comfortable, for hire, free, lax, liberal, loose, open, slack, spare, svelte, unattached, unoccupied, unrestrained), tupý (blunt, brutish, cloddish, dense, dozy, dull, empty headed, indocile, mindful, obtuse, pointless, stolid, stupid, thickheaded, torpid, vacuous), prázdný (bare, blank, clean, disused, empty, hollow, inane, light, meaningless, unoccupied, vacuous, vapid, void, windy), nepronajatý, nepřítomný (absent, blank, faraway), neobydlený (empty, lone, uninhabited, unoccupied, unsettled, waste), neobsazený (empty, free, unmanned, unoccupied), neèinný (dormant, idle, inactive, inert, passive). (various references) | |
Danish | ledigt mandat (vacant seat), deres embeder er ubesatte (vacant at the same time), embederne er ubesatte (posts that are vacant), henvisningssignal (vacant-code tone), ledig boligenhed (vacant housing unit), ledig direktørpost (vacant directorship), ledig kode (vacant code group), der er blevet ledig (post becoming vacant), ledig tilstand (empty state, vacant state), udyrket areal (vacant lot, waste ground, waste land), nummer ikke i brug (unallocated number, vacant number), stilling (handicraft, occupation, profession, trade), ubebygget jordlod (gap between buildings, gap site, unusual building plot, vacant site), ubebygget parcel (gap between buildings, gap site, unusual building plot, vacant site), ubesat tilstand (empty state, vacant state), udeladt mobil-ID (vacant mobile ID, vacant mobile identification), udvaelgelsesmetoden ved overtagelse af et ledigt mandat (replacement procedure for seats which have fallen vacant), ledig stilling (vacant post). (various references) | |
Dutch | open (above-board, free, open, unchecked, unoccupied), onbezet (free, unchecked, unoccupied), leeg (empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied, void). (various references) | |
Esperanto | vaka, neokupita (free, unoccupied). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tómur (empty, void), leysur (free, unchecked), ósettur. (various references) | |
Farsi | خالی (Arid, Destitute, Empty, Indigent, Leer, Mere, Sunken, Unoccupied, Vacuous, Void), اشغال نشده (Unoccupied), بیکار (Idle, Unemployed), بی متصدی , بلاتصدی (Void). (various references) | |
Finnish | vapaa (disengaged, exempt, free, gratuitous, unchecked), tyhjillään oleva (empty), tyhjä (bare, blank, devoid of, empty, idle, vain, void), ilmeetön (expressionless, inexpressive), eloton (inanimate, inert, lifeless), avoin (open), asumaton (uninhabited, unoccupied, waste). (various references) | |
French | vide (vacancy, vacuous), vague (vague, vagueness), vacant. (various references) | |
Frisian | fakant. (various references) | |
German | unbesetzt (closed, empty, not occupied, unallocated, unfilled, unmanned, unoccupied), leer (bare, blank, blankly, blanks, devoid, empty, free, frothily, frothy, hollow, idle, no-op, specious, unseeing, untenanted, vacuous, vacuously, vain, vapid, void), leerstehend (empty, unoccupied), frei (available, bare, clear, disengaged, empty, extemporary, free, freed, freelance, freely, fri, independent, liberal, loose, loosely, nonattached, not occupied, open, out of copyright, private, spare, unattached, unchecked, uncommitted, unengagedly, unenslaved, unfettered, unobstructed, unoccupied, unrestricted, untrapped). (various references) | |
Greek | κενόσ (blank, devoid, inane, vacuous, void), κενός (vapid), ξενοίκιαστοσ (empty), χηρεύων, άδειος (empty), αδειανόσ (empty, unoccupied, void). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פ וי (checkout, clearance, clearing, disengaged, empty, evacuation, free, open, removal, unmarried, unoccupied), בטל (goner, idle, invalid, null, off, piffling, unoccupied, void), ריק (blank, emptiness, empty, vacuity, vacuum, vain, vanity, void). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szabad (aerial, disengaged, exposed, fetterless, footloose, franchised, frank, free, free for all, freehold, independent, leisure, licit, permissible, to give sy line enough, unbound, unchecked, unimpeded), kifejezéstelen (expressionless, glassy, inexpressive, null, vacuous), gondolat nélküli, üres (blank, claptrap, deaf, devoid, empty, exhausted, expressionless, gassy, hollow, inane, lean, leer, leery, piffling, punk, vacuous, void). (various references) | |
Indonesian | terluang (free, spare, uncovered), melamun (attach, day-dream, quixotic), luang (free, spare), lowong, hampa (addle, nonexistent), bengong (crestfallen, dazed, expressionless). (various references) | |
Italian | vacante (empty, open, unoccupied, void). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 虚しい (empty, futile, ineffective, lifeless, vain, void), 空空 (empty, void), 空しい (empty, futile, ineffective, lifeless, vain, void), 空っぽ (empty, hollow), 空っぽ (empty, hollow), 空き (emptiness, room, time to spare), 明き (emptiness, room, time to spare). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すき (chance or opportunity, chink, elegant pursuits, emptiness, fondness, gap, interval, liking, love, plough, refined taste, room, spade, time to spare), くうくう (empty, void), からっぽ (empty, hollow), あき (autumn, emptiness, fall, former name of Hiroshima prefecture, room, time to spare, tiresomeness, weariness), むなしい (empty, futile, ineffective, lifeless, vain, void). (various references) | |
Korean | 빈 (Empty). (various references) | |
Manx | follym (barren, barren as mind, blank, blank as cartridge, disengaged, empty, empty-handed, expressionless, flat, formal, free, hollow, inane, platitudinous, run down, shallow, vacuous, void, waste, waste in town). (various references) | |
Norwegian | vakant, ledig (disengaged, free, unoccupied). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acantvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vago (empty, faraway, fuzzy, general, half-hearted, hazy, indecisive, indefinite, indescribable, indeterminate, jumbled up, lax, loose, nebulous, neutral, remote, spare, transcendental, vague). (various references) | |
Romanian | vacant (open, unoccupied, void), uituc (absent minded), trândav (easeful, idle, inactive, lazy, sluggard, sluggish, truant), neocupat (available, disengaged, empty, free, idle, odd, open, unoccupied, void), liber (at a loose end, at large, at leisure, autonomous, available, bast, bondless, clear, disengaged, easily, empty, fetterless, free, go-as-you-please, gracious, gratis, informal, leisured, loose, loosely, naked, odd, off, off duty, open, smooth, spontaneous, unchecked, uncombined, unconstrained, unengaged, unhampered, unhindered, unoccupied, unreserved, void), leneş (bum, dull, easeful, easy going, idle, Idler, idly, lazily, lazy, lazybones, loafer, loiterer, otiose, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, torpid, truant), inexpresiv (blankly, expressionless, meaningless, wooden), distrat (absent, absent minded, absent-minded, absent-mindedly, abstracted, abstractedly, distracted, forgetful, inattentive, inattentively, moon-struck, moony, mused, witless, wool gathering), disponibil (available, disposable, spare, undisposed), deşert (bare, desert, desolate, empty, futile, unfounded, unoccupied, vacuum, vain, vainglorious, void, waste, wilderness), cu ochii în gol. (various references) | |
Russian | свободный (at liberty, clear, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, free-hand, immune, leisurely, loose, open, quit, roomy, spare, unbound, unhampered, uninhibited, unoccupied, unstuck), холостой (dummy, single, unmarried, unwed, wifeless), вакантный (unfilled), незанятый (easeful, free, idle, odd, unemployed, unoccupied), пустой (addle, barren, blank, chaffy, do-nothing, empty, feather-brained, feckless, fiddling, foppish, frivolous, frothy, gassy, gossipy, hollow, light, light-headed, null, sunken, vacuous, vapid). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | upražnjen, prazan (blank, clean, cored, empty, idle, inane, leer, unoccupied, vacuous, void). (various references) | |
Spanish | vago (bone-idle, erratic, faint, idle, Idler, lazybones, loiterer, loose, nameless, shadowy, sketchy, slacker, slouch, sloven, tramp, truant, twilight, vague), vacío (bare, blank, devoid, dummy, emptiness, empty, gap, hiatus, hollow, light, vacuous, vacuum, vast, void), vacante (empty, free, opening, slot, unoccupied, vacancy, void), ser bobo, libre (disengaged, exempt, free, idle, leisure, loose, off duty, open, quit, spare, unattached, unchecked, unoccupied, vacationist), distraído (absent, absentminded, absent-minded, abstracted, amusing, casual, distracted, distrait, dreamy, entertaining, faraway, heedless, inattentive, lackadaisical, moony, unobservant, untidy, vague, wandering), disponible (available, disposable, forthcoming, free, on call, prompt, ready, spare, unattached, unoccupied), desocupado (empty, free, idle, jobless, uninhabited, unoccupied, void), de loco, de bobo. (various references) | |
Swedish | tom (bladdery, blank, clear, empty, hollow, inane, vacuous, void), obesatt (unoccupied), ledig (airy, casual, disengaged, easy, facile, flowing, fluent, fluid, free, glib, leisured, leisurely, off duty, off-hour, open, out, Pat, spare, unoccupied, void). (various references) | |
Turkish | varissiz, terkedilmiş (abandoned, derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forlorn, forsaken, lovelorn), sahipsiz (derelict, lordless, ownerless, unappropriated, unattended, unclaimed, unowned), ifadesiz (blank, dead pan, expressionless, inexpressive, sphinxlike, straight-faced, toneless, unmarked, unmeaning, vacuous), dalgın (absent, absent minded, abstracted, deep, distrait, dreamy, engrossed, far away, far off, faraway, glassy, lost, meditative, moony, pensive, plunged in thought, preoccupied, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, self-absorbed, stargazer, thoughtful, unheedful, vacuous, vague, wandering, wistful, woolgathering), box (empty, free, unfit, unoccupied, unsuitable, void), boş (airy, barren, blank, bootless, captious, chimerical, desert, disengaged, empty, expressionless, fallacious, flat, for hire, free, frivolous, frothy, futile, gaseous, hollow, idle, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, invalid, leisure, meaningless, nugatory, null, pointless, puerile, punk, purposeless, spare, tenantless, thin, trumpery, unbuilt, unbuilt-on, unengaged, unfounded, unoccupied, unprofitable, unrecorded, unwritten-on, vacuous, vain, void, waste, windy, wishywashy, without any foundation, without foundation, yeasty), bön (crass, dewy-eyed, gullible, lummox, naïf, naïve), akılsız (buggy, bughouse, emptyheaded, fatuous, feather brain, feather-brained, fool, foolish, goofy, gormless, ill-advised, inexpedient, irrational, mindless, preposterous, unintelligent, unreasoning, unwise, witless), açik (above-board, absence, bright, clear, clearly, deficiency, deficit, distinct, free, lack, light, obvious, of course, open, plain, serene, shortage, shortcoming, sincere, unbiased, unchecked, untroubled), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вакантний (void), незайнятий (dateless, free, idle, not occupied, odd, off, otiose, unemployed, unoccupied), пустий (addle, airy, bald, bare, barren, baseless, begging, chaffy, empty, frothy, otiose, sounding, vacuous, vain, void, yeasty). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trống khuyết, trống (empty, void), rỗng bỏ không. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwag (addle, blank, empty, vain). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vacua, vacuam, vacuas, vacui, vacuis, vacuos, vacuum, vacuus, vacuusque, vocivus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 5, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai thn suntaxin thV plinqeiaV hV autoi poiousin kaq' ekasthn hmeran epibaleiV autoiV ouk afeleiV ouden scolazousin gar dia touto kekragasin legonteV poreuqwmen kai quswmen tw qew hmwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et mensuram laterum quos prius faciebant inponetis super eos nec minuetis quicquam vacant enim et idcirco vociferantur dicentes eamus et sacrificemus Deo nostro |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the mesure of tyles that thei before maden, ye shulen putt vpon hem, and ye shulen not lassen eny thing; forsothe thei ben voyd, and therfor thei cryen out, seiynge, Goo we, and sacrifye we to oure God; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the nombre of bricke which they were wont to make in tyme passed, laye vnto their charges also, and minysh nothinge therof. For they be ydill ad therfore crye saynge: let vs goo and do sacrifice vnto oure God. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the number of the bricks which they made heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof; for they are idle: therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 5, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang gidaghanon sa mga tisa, nga ilang gibuhat hangtud karon, inyong ipahamutang kanila: ug dili ninyo pagkunhoran kini bisan diyutay; kay sila walay buhat, ug tungod niana nagasinggit sila, nga nagaingon: Palakta kami, ug pahalara sa among Dios. |
| Croatian | A zahtijevajte od njih istu kolièinu opeke koju su pravili i dosad. Ne smanjujte je! Lijenèine su. Zato vièu: 'Hajdemo prinijeti žrtvu Bogu svome!' |
| Danish | men alligevel skal I pålægge dem at lave lige så mange Teglsten som hidtil, I må ikke eftergive dem noget; thi de er dovne, og derfor er det, de råber op og siger: Lad os drage ud og ofre til vor Gud! |
| Dutch | En het getal der tichelstenen, die zij gisteren en eergisteren gemaakt hebben, zult gij hun opleggen; gij zult daarvan niet verminderen; want zij gaan ledig; daarom roepen zij, zeggende: Laat ons gaan, laat ons onzen God offeren! |
| Finnish | Pankaa kuitenkin heidän tehtäväkseen sama tiilimäärä, jonka he ennenkin ovat tehneet, siitä mitään vähentämättä; sillä he ovat laiskoja, sentähden he huutavat näin: `Menkäämme uhraamaan Jumalallemme!` |
| French | Vous leur imposerez néanmoins la quantité de briques qu`ils faisaient auparavant, vous n`en retrancherez rien; car ce sont des paresseux; voil pourquoi ils crient, en disant: Allons offrir des sacrifices notre Dieu! |
| German | und die Zahl der Ziegel, die sie bisher gemacht haben, sollt ihr ihnen gleichwohl auflegen und nichts mindern; denn sie gehen müßig, darum schreien sie und sprechen: Wir wollen hinziehen und unserm Gott opfern. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, se pou yo founi menm valè brik yo te konn bay anvan an, san manke yonn. Se yon bann parese yo ye. Se poutèt sa y'ap kriye, y'ap di: O wi, ann al ofri bèt pou nou touye bay Bondye nou an. |
| Hungarian | De a tégla számát, mennyit ennekelõtte csináltak, vessétek ki rájok; azt le ne szállítsátok, mert restek õk és azért kiáltoznak, mondván: Menjünk el, áldozzunk a mi Istenünknek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi suruhlah mereka membuat batu bata tidak kurang jumlahnya dari yang sudah-sudah. Mereka mau bermalas-malas saja; itulah sebabnya mereka terus mengomel supaya diizinkan pergi untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada Allah mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan tanggungkanlah atas mereka itu bilangan batu yang sama banyaknya dengan yang diperbuat oleh mereka itu kelamarin dan kelamarin dahulu; janganlah kamu kurangkan dia, karena mereka itu berjalan dengan lekanya, maka sebab itu serunya demikian: Lepaskanlah patik pergi, biarlah patik membawa korban kepada Allah patik! |
| Maori | Otiia, whakaritea ki a ratou kia rite tonu nga pereki te maha ki era i hanga e ratou i mua; kaua e whakahokia iho te maha; he mangere hoki ratou; koia ratou i karanga ai, i mea ai, Kia haere matou ki te mea patunga tapu ki to matou Atua. |
| Norwegian | Men den samme mengde teglsten som de før har gjort, skal I pålegge dem; I skal ikke avkorte noget i deres arbeid. For de er dovne; derfor skriker de og sier: La oss gå og ofre til vår Gud! |
| Portuguese | Também lhes imporeis a conta dos tijolos que dantes faziam; nada diminuireis dela; porque eles estão ociosos; por isso clamam, dizendo: Vamos, sacrifiquemos ao nosso Deus. |
| Rumanian | Totuw sq le cereyi acelaw numqr de cqrqmizi, pe cari le fqceau mai knainte; sq nu le scqdeyi nimic din ele, cqci sknt niwte lenewi; de aceea strigq mereu: ,Haidem sq aducem jertfe Dumnezeului nostru.` |
| Spanish | Sin embargo, les impondréis la misma cantidad de adobes que hacían antes. No les disminuiréis nada, porque están ociosos. Por eso gritan diciendo: "Vayamos y ofrezcamos sacrificios a nuestro Dios." |
| Swedish | Men samma antal tegel som de förut hava gjort skolen I ändå ålägga dem, utan något avdrag; ty de äro lata, därför ropa de och säga: 'Låt oss gå och offra åt vår Gud.' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vacant": vacantly, vacantness, vacantnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Vacant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acant, Acanta, ayant, Vaca, vacet, vaciet, vacinu, vapant, viant, vican. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vacant" (pronounced vā"kunt) |
| 4 | -k u n t | applicant, Fabricant, insignificant, lubricant, piquant, significant, supplicant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-n-t-v" | |
-1 letter: avant. | |
-2 letters: acta, anta, cant. | |
-3 letters: act, ana, ant, ava, can, cat, tan, tav, vac, van, vat. | |
-4 letters: aa, an, at, na, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-n-t-v" | |
+2 letters: cavatina, cavatine, evacuant, vacantly, vacating, vacation. | |
+3 letters: anchoveta, avocation, cavatinas, caveating, covariant, evacuants, vacations, vaccinate, vaticinal, vicariant. | |
+4 letters: activating, activation, advocating, advocation, anchovetas, anchovetta, avocations, cavitating, cavitation, covenantal, evacuating, evacuation, excavating, excavation, inactivate, vacantness, vacationed, vacationer, vaccinated, vaccinates, vaccinator, vaticinate, vicariants, vocational. | |
+5 letters: activations, advancement, advocations, anchovettas, autoclaving, avocational, captivating, captivation, carminative, cavitations, clairvoyant, covariation, evacuations, excavations, inactivated, inactivates, revaccinate, vacationers, vacationing, vacationist, vaccinating, vaccination, vaccinators, vacillating, vacillation, vacuolation, vandalistic, vaticinated, vaticinates, vaticinator, vulcanisate, vulcanizate. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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