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. Nancy Pelosi:

   We talked about weapons that Putin is using, weapons prohibited in the Geneva Conventions, including cluster bombs and vacuum bombs, which caused severe suffering.

2. Martin Tobias Lithner:

   Vacuum energy is the leftovers from dark energy, just like the déjà vu’s in our everyday life.

3. David Tawil:

   This ruling, I think, marks a big shift in direction, the Feds will have to be very careful in what cases to pick and potentially prosecute and a sense that there is a vacuum could embolden some people to be less strict in analyzing their information and where it comes from.

4. Joe Biden:

   There are so many issues at stake that I want to make clear that we can continue to lead in the region and not create a vacuum -- a vacuum that is filled by China and or Russia, against the interest of both Israel and the The US and many other countries.

5. Ayn Rand:

   The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.