vacant — OAT · Shobdo

vacant

adjective

1 a vacant house:

empty, unoccupied, unfilled, free, available, not in use, unused, unengaged, uninhabited, untenanted, tenantless, to let, for sale, on the market, abandoned, deserted;

informal up for grabs.

▷antonyms full, occupied, open.

2 an oddly vacant look had come over her features:

blank, expressionless, deadpan, inscrutable, inexpressive, poker-faced, emotionless, impassive, absent, absentminded, uninterested, vacuous, empty, glassy, stony, wooden, motionless, lifeless, inanimate.

▷antonyms expressive, meaningful.

3 he continued to look vacant:

empty-headed, unintelligent, without thought, brainless, dense, dull-witted, thick, vacuous, inane, stupid;

informal brain-dead.

▷antonyms thinking, intelligent.