VACANCY

n. 1 emptiness, void, gap, lacuna, hiatus, blank, deficiency, opening, breach, vacuum Only after she left did Hubert sense the vacancy in his life 2 (job) opening, slot, position, post, situation Her promotion created a vacancy in the personnel department 3 blankness, emptiness, vacuity, absent-mindedness, inanity, vacuousness, incomprehension, fatuity, unawareness I knew by the vacancy of his look that he hadn't any idea of what I was talking about