Synonyms and Antonyms of vacant
1
lacking contents that could or should be present
- a vacant room that could be converted into a classroom
barren, hollow
available, clear, free, open
unfilled, unfurnished
unattended, uninhabited, unoccupied
abandoned, deserted, emptied, forsaken, vacated
depleted, drained, dry, exhausted
2
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
- looking for vacant land on which to build a house
dead, dormant, fallow, free, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, latent, off, unused
abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended
unoccupied
asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy
inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless
dull, slow
functional, operable, operational, workable
assiduous, industrious, sedulous
energetic, vigorous
feasible, practical, usable (also useable), useful, viable
active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, going, living, on, operating, operative, running, working
3
not expressing any emotion
- the prisoner's vacant and distracted expression
dull, vacuous, vague, vapid
enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious
motionless, static, still, wooden
reserved, restrained, reticent, taciturn
aloof, apathetic, cold, cool, detached, indifferent, phlegmatic, unresponsive
engaged, interested, responsive
active, alive, animated, bright, busy, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, expansive, exuberant, lively, vivacious
eloquent, revealing, revelatory
gestic, gesticulant, gesticulative, gesticulatory, gestural
emotional, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric), unreserved
