VACUITY Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

vacuity

noun

va-ˈkyü-ə-tē

Definition of vacuity

as in emptiness

empty space the seemingly endless vacuity between settlements in the desert

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as in vacancy

the quality or state of being empty the vacuity of the house after everyone had moved out was both striking and depressing

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as in dullness

the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind the monumental vacuity of the starlet's comments on the important issues of the day

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Recent Examples of vacuity Hilton became a symbol for excessive wealth, celebrity vacuity, and moral decline. — Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025 But her refusal to investigate why the system is so broken is the natural outcome of her studied vacuity. — Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025 In assigning him that seemingly perverse task, Scorsese tapped into the vague air of vacuity at the center of a star who’s always seemed present and absent all at once. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025 Only a few days into quarantine, a loathsome instant classic of Hollywood vacuity had been born. — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vacuity

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Noun

There is an emptiness left behind that cannot be filled, and there are so many of us who will never be quite the same without you.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Occasional moments of real, spontaneous joy emerge, and others reveal the crushing emptiness of lives going nowhere, but the script doesn’t lean too hard in either direction.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of emptiness

Noun

Yeomans says the approach can work for a range of concerns, including oiliness, dullness, frizz and weak hair that needs strengthening.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
First comes the tightness and dullness, then the flaky patches around my cheeks.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of dullness

Noun

Jeske, who heads the Quantum Sensing Group at Fraunhofer at the research institute, was the the first to come up with a theoretical model for a magnetic-field-sensitive laser system using diamond with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers a decade ago.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
The White House’s press secretary vacancy won’t necessarily keep the briefing room closed.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of vacancy

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This recipe, slightly adapted for thickness, provides a just-charred, roasted edge to the classic tomato soup due to broiling a heaping pile of vegetables together.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The trays are typically two feet long and can hold hundreds of pieces of mail, depending on their size and thickness.

— Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of thickness

Noun

There’s the White House and its malicious megaphone of mindlessness; the generative AI advocates and their pushy, pathetic ploys; the Major League Baseball owners and their dedication to self-destruction.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
The show’s real villain is mindlessness, in other words.

— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of mindlessness

Noun

Tiernan is tall but carries the denseness of frame and core strength of a guard.

— Matthew Mowery, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Understand how rye works in baking Though dark, dense rye bread is delicious, rye flour does not inherently create denseness in other baked goods.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of denseness

Noun

The first 10 minutes are an incredible swirl of paranoia, alcoholism, and sluggish dumbness when Gould just needs to feed his cat.

— Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Unlike its sibling concepts of dumbness and idiocy, stupidity isn’t really a personality trait.

— Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026

Definition of dumbness

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Fixing the problem Flexible substrates have uneven surface roughness and varying hydroxyl-group densities, making standard large-area printing techniques ineffective.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
The battery’s higher density also enabled PeakDo to create a slightly thinner design for the Ultra model.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of density

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