Synonyms for vacuum
ˈvæk yum, -yu əm, -yəm; -yu əvac·u·um

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1. vacuumnoun

   To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.

   Antonyms:
   plenum

2. vacuumverb

   To use a vacuum cleaner.

   Synonyms:
   hoover

3. vacuumverb

   Synonyms:
   hoover, hoovering

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1. vacuum, vacuitynoun

   the absence of matter

   Synonyms:
   vacuity, vacancy, void, inanity, senselessness, pointlessness, vacuum cleaner, emptiness, mindlessness

2. void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuumnoun

   an empty area or space

   "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

   Synonyms:
   nothingness, vacuity, void, vanity, nihility, vacuum cleaner, nullity, emptiness, vacancy

3. vacuum, vacuitynoun

   a region that is devoid of matter

   Synonyms:
   vacuity, vacancy, void, inanity, senselessness, pointlessness, vacuum cleaner, emptiness, mindlessness

4. vacuum, vacuum cleanerverb

   an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

   Synonyms:
   void, vacuity, vacuum cleaner, vacancy, emptiness

5. vacuum, vacuum-clean, hooververb

   clean with a vacuum cleaner

   "vacuum the carpets"

   Synonyms:
   vacuum-clean, hoover

Matched Categories

1. • Emptiness
   • Region
   • Space

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1. vacuumnoun

   Synonyms:
   void, empty space, vacuity

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1. List of paraphrases for "vacuum":

   empty, void, unladen, gap, depression, emptiness, blank, loophole, load, lacuna, suction

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1. Anita McBride:

   Bottom line is that none of this travel is typically done in a vacuum - it's part of a strategic plan - or should be.

2. Brian Battle:

   You tend not to cut rates once, it doesn’t happen in a vacuum. This could be the first in a series. The question is, how much they are going to have to do before it works.

3. Unknown:

   Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.

4. Harriet Van Horne.:

   There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, offers more entertainment than the TV set.

5. Oren Adaki:

   The absence of U.S. leadership created a power vacuum in the region where other destabilizing actors are trying to fill that vacuum. The Saudis and the rest of our Gulf allies have been deeply concerned about the situation in Yemen for a long time.