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View usage for: (vækjuəs) adjectiveIf you describe a person or their comments as vacuous, you are critical of them because they lack intelligent thought or ideas. [disapproval] Models are not always as vacuous as they are made out to be. ...the usual vacuous comments by some faceless commentator. More Synonyms of vacuous vacuous in British English (ˈvækjʊəs) adjective1. containing nothing; empty 2. bereft of ideas or intelligence; mindless 3. characterized by or resulting from vacancy of mind a vacuous gaze 4. indulging in no useful mental or physical activity; idle 5. logic, mathematics (of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in (x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous Derived forms vacuously (ˈvacuously) adverb vacuousness (ˈvacuousness) noun Word origin C17: from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty vacuous in American English (ˈvækjuəs) adjective2. having or showing lack of intelligence, interest, or thought; stupid; senseless; inane 3. characterized by lack of purpose, of profitable employment, etc.; idle SIMILAR WORDS: ˈempty Derived forms vacuously (ˈvacuously) adverb vacuousness (ˈvacuousness) noun Examples of 'vacuous' in a sentencevacuous Definition showing no sign of intelligence or understanding the usual vacuous comments from the chat-show host Synonyms void (old-fashioned) unfilled Additional synonymsDefinition showing no interest or expression He gave him a blank look. Synonyms expressionless, empty, dull, vague, hollow, vacant, lifeless, deadpan, straight-faced, vacuous, impassive, inscrutable, inane, wooden, poker-faced (informal) Definition senseless or silly He always had this inane grin. Synonyms senseless, stupid, silly, empty, daft (informal), worthless, futile, trifling, frivolous, mindless, goofy (informal), idiotic, vacuous, fatuous, puerile, vapid, unintelligent, asinine, imbecilic, devoid of intelligence Definition trivial, silly, or childish I wouldn't call it art. It's just stupid and tasteless.You won't go and do anything stupid, will you? Synonyms silly, foolish, daft (informal), rash, trivial, ludicrous, meaningless, irresponsible, pointless, futile, senseless, mindless, laughable, short-sighted, ill-advised, idiotic, fatuous, nonsensical, half-baked (informal), inane, crackpot (informal), unthinking, puerile, crass, unintelligent, asinine, imbecilic, crackbrained- vacillating
- vacillation
- vacuity
- vacuous
- vacuum
- vagabond
- vagary
Additional synonymsHe was abusive of Hemingway as an unintelligent philistine. Synonyms stupid, obtuse, dull, thick, foolish, dense, dozy (British, informal), unthinking, gormless (British, informal), brainless, empty-headed, unreasoning, dumb-ass (slang) Definition having or suggesting a lack of interest or understanding a dreamy, vacant look Synonyms blank, vague, dreamy, dreaming, empty, abstracted, idle, thoughtless, vacuous, inane, expressionless, unthinking, absent-minded, incurious, ditzy or ditsy (slang) Synonyms empty, free, clear, emptied, drained, bare, vacant, unoccupied, unfilled, tenantless |