Vacancy
Pronunciation of Vacancy
/vˈe͡ɪkənsi/, /vˈeɪkənsi/, /v_ˈeɪ_k_ə_n_s_i/
Synonyms for vacancy:
Sense 1
hunger, incomprehension, hollowness, the absurd.
Sense 2
indiscretion, stupidity, myopia.
Sense 3
precipitation, uncertainty, room.
Other synonyms and related words:
hunger, incomprehension, indiscretion, vacuum, room, stupidity, hollowness, vanity, precipitation.
Sense 3 (noun)
indiscretion, myopia, precipitation, incomprehension, stupidity, the absurd.
Sense 5 (noun)
absence (noun)
emptiness, lack, void, omission, vacuity, want, abstraction, absence, truancy, nonexistence.
blank (noun)
nothingness, nullity, Nihility, omission, hollowness.
hunger (noun)
want.
nonexistence (noun)
naught, vacuousness, nil, null, meaninglessness, nonentity, non-subsistence, barrenness.
poverty (noun)
shape (noun)
thoughtlessness (noun)
fatuity, blankness, unreasonableness, mindlessness, thoughtlessness, inanity, brainlessness.
unsubstantiality (noun)
impalpability, insignificance, tenuousness, immateriality, spectre, nothingness, cipher, mirage, phantom, apparition, intangibility, zero, Nihility, unreality, Ethereality, nullity.
vacancy (noun)
blankness, emptiness, lack, vacuum, vacuity, vacuousness, abstraction, void, room.
Usage examples for vacancy:
- No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses; or if they had, all my past life was now a blot, a blind vacancy in which I distinguished nothing. - "Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus", Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley.
- Sad, indeed, is the case of the boy or girl who is compelled, in order to make a living or to help support father, mother, brothers and sisters, to drop into the first vacancy which offers itself. - "Analyzing Character", Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb.
- So they've got together a Conservative Committee, and are going to run a good strong man for a vacancy. - "Viviette", William J. Locke.