vacuousEnglishOxford American Thesaurusvacuous adjective 1 he had a vacuous expression on his face: blank, vacant, expressionless, deadpan, inscrutable, inexpressive, poker-faced, emotionless, impassive, absent, absentminded, uninterested, empty, glassy, stony, wooden, motionless, lifeless, inanimate. ▷antonyms expressive, meaningful. 2 an elite clique of vacuous High School beauties: empty-headed, unintelligent, without thought, brainless, dense, dull-witted, thick, vacant, inane, stupid; informal brain-dead. ▷antonyms thinking, intelligent.word toolkitvacuousSee foolish.