vacant B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈveɪkənt/ See IPA manual Freq #10318 Meanings 1 adj Empty; not being used or lived in. The house next door has been vacant for months. 2 adj Of a job or position: available because no one currently holds it. The post of chairman is still vacant. 3 adj Showing no thought, interest, or feeling. He gave me a vacant stare and said nothing. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · empty; not being used or... emptyfreeunoccupied 3 adj · showing no thought,... vacuousblank Word family Forms vacantly Derived forms vacancyvacantly Related forms vacatevacuousvacuum Appears in Phrases (1) See all vacant lot a plot of land without permanent buildings on it Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Old French vacant, from Latin vacāns. vacant Old French vacāns Latin *h₁weh₂- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # vacant **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈveɪkənt/ **Frequency rank:** 10318 ## Meanings 1. Empty; not being used or lived in. 2. Of a job or position: available because no one currently holds it. 3. Showing no thought, interest, or feeling. ## Examples - The house next door has been vacant for months. - The post of chairman is still vacant. - He gave me a vacant stare and said nothing. ## Derived Forms - vacancy - vacantly ## Related Forms - vacate - vacuous - vacuum ## Roots and Affixes - Root: vacant - Root: vacāns - Root: *h₁weh₂- ## Etymology From Old French vacant, from Latin vacāns. ## AI Etymology Vacant is from Old French vacant, from Latin vacāns. The historical line also includes Old French vacant, Latin vacāns, Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-. In present-day use, it can mean empty; not being used or lived in, or of a job or position: available because no one currently holds it. Derived formations include vacancy, vacantly. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown