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Vacancy synonyms

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opening
The act or an instance of becoming open or being made to open:
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  1. The act or an instance of becoming open or being made to open:
  2. A gap, breach, or aperture:
  3. An unfilled job or position; a vacancy.
job
(Informal) A state of affairs:
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  1. (Informal) A state of affairs:
  2. A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee:
  3. The object to be worked on:
lodging
The act of one that lodges
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  1. The act of one that lodges
  2. Sleeping accommodations:
  3. A room or rooms rented in a private home
quarters
A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
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  1. A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
  2. (Plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
  3. Plural form of quarter
emptiness
The state or feeling of being empty
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  1. The state or feeling of being empty
vacuity
The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
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  1. The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
  2. The quality or fact of being devoid of something specified:
  3. An empty space; void or vacuum
vacuum
A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
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  1. A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
  2. An enclosed space, as that inside a vacuum tube, out of which most of the air or gas has been taken, as by pumping
  3. A vacuum cleaner.
void
A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
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  1. A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
  2. Total emptiness; an empty space or vacuum
  3. A vacuum.
barrenness
The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
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  1. The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
emptiness
The state or feeling of being empty
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  1. The state or feeling of being empty
nothingness
The quality or condition of being nothing or not existing; nonexistence or extinction
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  1. The quality or condition of being nothing or not existing; nonexistence or extinction
  2. Empty space; a void.
  3. Void; emptiness.
vacuity
The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
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  1. The quality or state of being empty; emptiness
  2. The quality or fact of being devoid of something specified:
  3. An empty space; void or vacuum
vacuum
A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
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  1. A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.
  2. An enclosed space, as that inside a vacuum tube, out of which most of the air or gas has been taken, as by pumping
  3. A vacuum cleaner.
void
A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
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  1. A break or open space, as in a surface; gap
  2. Total emptiness; an empty space or vacuum
  3. A vacuum.
barrenness
The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
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  1. The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
blankness
The characteristic of being blank.
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  1. The characteristic of being blank.
emptiness
The state or feeling of being empty
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  1. The state or feeling of being empty
hollowness
The state or quality of being hollow
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  1. The state or quality of being hollow
inanity
Lack of sense or meaning; silliness
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  1. Lack of sense or meaning; silliness
  2. Something inane; senseless or silly act, remark, etc.
  3. (Archaic) Emptiness
vacuity
Emptiness of mind; lack of intelligence, interest, or thought
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  1. Emptiness of mind; lack of intelligence, interest, or thought
  2. Total absence of matter; emptiness.
  3. An empty space; void or vacuum
vacuousness
The quality of being vacuous
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  1. The quality of being vacuous
Find another word for vacancy. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for vacancy, like: opening, vacated post, post without an incumbent, unfilled position, unheld office, job, empty room, empty apartment, room to let, apartment to let and lodging.

Sentence Examples

  • a vacancy was expected.

  • His going away left a vacancy in our lives that has never been filled.

  • A vacancy among the fellows is filled up by the provost and a select number of the fellows, after examination comprised in five principal courses, mathematics, experimental science, classics, mental and moral science and Hebrew.

  • In 1861 he was a delegate to the peace congress at Washington, and in 1866 was appointed by the governor of New Jersey, as a Republican, to fill a vacancy in the United States senate.

  • If a vacancy occurs in the office of governor during the first two years a new election is held; if it occurs during the last two years the lieutenant-governor serves out the term.

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