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Vacant

Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.

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Empty 84% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Empty 84% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Foolish 84% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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Foolish 84% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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Abandon 74% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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Abandon 74% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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Vacancy 74% connected

The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.

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Vacancy 74% connected

The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.

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Vacuousness 74% connected

The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity.

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Vacuousness 74% connected

The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity.

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Mindless 92% connected

Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking.

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Vacuous 92% connected

Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.

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Alcove noun · 78% connection

A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a…

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Amber room unknown · 78% connection

A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber w…

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Amphoric adjective · 78% connection

Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter…

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Anteroom noun · 78% connection

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

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Bare adjective · 78% connection

Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away…

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Bedroom noun · 78% connection

A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.

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Blank adjective · 78% connection

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official do…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deprived, contents, filled, empty, room.
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Boudoir noun · 78% connection

A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady…

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Chamber noun · 78% connection

A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

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Closet noun · 78% connection

A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

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Content noun · 78% connection

That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or b…

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Divan noun · 78% connection

A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer c…

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Drain verb · 78% connection

To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutter…

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Drawing-room noun · 78% connection

A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

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Elbowroom noun · 78% connection

Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.

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Emptiness noun · 78% connection

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

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Evacuate verb · 78% connection

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deprived, contents, filled, empty, room.
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Exhaust verb · 78% connection

To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

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