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Synonyms of vacuum in English:

vacuum


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noun

1‘the experiment has to be conducted in a vacuum’

SYNONYMS
empty space, emptiness, void, nothingness, vacuity, vacancy
rare voidness, nihility

2‘his exit would leave a power vacuum’

SYNONYMS
gap, space, absence, lack, deficiency, blank, lacuna
ANTONYMS

continuity

3‘if you just clear your bits off the floor I can get round with the vacuum’

SYNONYMS
vacuum cleaner
British informal vac
Trademark Hoover

verb

1‘the carpets must be vacuumed’

SYNONYMS
vacuum-clean
British hoover