vacancy

va-can-cy · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An unoccupied position or job available for someone to fill.

  2. 2.

    An available room or space in a hotel, building, or other accommodation.

  3. 3.

    The state of being empty or unoccupied.

  4. 4.

    Lack of intelligence or thought; emptiness of mind.

Forms

plural: vacancies

Related words

Antonyms: fullness, occupancy
See also: vacant, vacate
Synonyms: emptiness, opening, position

Etymology

From Latin vacantia, from vacans (being empty), present participle of vacare (to be empty).