the state of being vacant; emptiness.

a vacant, empty, or unoccupied place, as untenanted lodgings or offices

This building still has no vacancies.

a gap; opening; breach.

an unoccupied position or office

a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

lack of thought or intelligence; vacuity

a look of utter vacancy.

Crystallography . (in a crystal) an imperfection resulting from an unoccupied lattice position. Compare interstitial ( def. 3 ) .

Archaic . absence of activity; idleness.

noun

fill , overflow

noun

abstraction , blankness , desertedness , emptiness , gap , job , lack , opportunity , position , post , room , situation , space , vacuity , vacuousness , vacuum , void , voidness , barrenness , hollowness , inanity , break , cavity , chasm , intermission , leisure , opening , uninhabited , vacation