Vacate
Pronunciation of Vacate
/vˈe͡ɪke͡ɪt/, /vˈeɪkeɪt/, /v_ˈeɪ_k_eɪ_t/
Synonyms for vacate:
Sense 2 (noun)
stand-down, step aside, bow out.
vacate (noun)
repeal, reverse, overturn, give up, abandon, revoke, rescind, renounce, resign, empty, lift, annul, countermand.
abandon (verb)
leave, resign, evacuate, discontinue, abandon, surrender, quit, forsake, relinquish, desert, drop, abdicate, defect.
leave (verb)
depart, abstract, empty, void, omit, absent.
motion (verb)
relinquish (verb)
renounce, capitulate, disown, withdraw, disclaim, give up, shed, release, forgo, waive.
resign (verb)
terminate, accept, cease, retire, reject.
rid (verb)
jettison, dispel, dismiss, discard, dispose, let go, relegate, rid, cancel, part with, vent.
unsubstantiate (verb)
disappear, disintegrate, nullify, annihilate.
Sense 1
retiree, bow out, revolving door, golden parachute, step aside, natural wastage, early retirement, golden handshake, retirement.
Sense 2
retention, departure, gratuity, delete, stand-down, resignation, stand aside, hang up, hand in, hemorrhage, retiring, X.
Sense 3
going, scratch, undo, attrition.
Sense 4
Sense 5
wipe, rub.
Sense 7
Sense 10
Sense 11
go.
abandon
annul
leave
quash
resign
stand aside, throw in the towel.
suppress
Usage examples for vacate:
- Vacate means to get out or away from, and if you take your so called vacation by a trip to another city and spend your time in the whirl of industry, you are not helping yourself, you are not taking a vacation. - "Dollars and Sense", Col. Wm. C. Hunter.
- But Mrs. Bagley stepped forward with a commanding wave for James to vacate the premises and took over. - "The Fourth R", George Oliver Smith.
- Charley accepted the scolding with humility, but his resolution was unshaken; he did not propose to vacate the public roads at any man's behest; that would be an unwise precedent to establish. - "The Prodigal Judge", Vaughan Kester.