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vacant
empty or unoccupied
Synonyms
- empty
- unoccupied
- deserted
Antonyms
- occupied
- full
- inhabited
vacant in a sentence
The apartment next door has been vacant since the previous tenants moved out.
Walking past the old theater downtown, we noticed it had stood vacant for nearly a decade with boarded-up windows.
Where it comes from
From Latin vacare 'to be empty'
Memory hook
VACANT sounds like 'vacation' — the house is empty because everyone's away.
Read it in context
- Gardens Beneath the Forest Nature