Vacuum synonyms

văk'yo͝om, -yəm, -yo͝o-əm

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emptiness
The state or feeling of being empty
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void
An open space or a break in continuity; a gap.
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space
An area provided for a particular purpose:
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exhaustion
(Dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
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vacuum-clean
To clean with a vacuum cleaner.
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rarefaction
The region in which this occurs.
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sweep
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
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sweep-up
(Intransitive) to overwhelm
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nothingness
Lack of value, worth, meaning, etc.; uselessness, emptiness, insignificance, etc.
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nozzle (related)
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clean
In a clean or nonpolluting manner:
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hoover (British)
clean with a vacuum cleaner
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cavity
A pitted area in a tooth caused by caries.
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fullness (antonym)
The degree to which a space is full.
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vacancy
An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
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barrenness
The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
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blankness
The characteristic of being blank.
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desolation
A place or country wasted and forsaken.
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hollowness
The state or quality of being hollow
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full (related)
1911, Berthold Auerbach, Bayard Taylor, The villa on the Rhine:
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vacuum-cleaner
A domestic or industrial mobile machine for cleaning floors and similar surfaces that draws dust and other particles into a container (often a bag) by the suction created by an electric motor driving a fan.
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hoover
(UK) To clean (a room, etc) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
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vacuum-pump (related)
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vaccum (related)
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scrubber (related)
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vaccuum (related)
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compressor (related)
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bagless (related)
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filtration (related)
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cylinder (related)
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liquid (related)
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coolant (related)
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Find another word for vacuum. In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for vacuum, like: emptiness, void, space, exhaustion, vacuum-clean, rarefaction, sweep, sweep-up, nothingness, nozzle and vacuity.
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Vacuum Sentence Examples

  • The liquid is then evaporated under a vacuum of 27 to 28 in.

  • There is no such thing really as a vacuum, any more than there are atoms or ultimate indivisible particles.

  • Her English vocabulary was growing a word at a time—mostly terms like dust, vacuum, linens, dishes and other domestic terminologies.

  • Evaporation and subsequent distillation under a high vacuum gives crude glycerin.

  • The exhaust steam passing from the engine through the blastpipe and the chimney produces a diminution of pressure, or partial vacuum, in the smoke-box roughly proportional to the weight of steam discharged per unit of time.

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