Definition of VACUOUS

vacuous

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • devoid of intelligence
  • devoid of significance or point
    • "vacuous comments"
  • devoid of matter
    • "a vacuous space"
  • void of expression

Adj

  • Empty; void; lacking meaningful content.
  • Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”) + -ous.

Synonyms

addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, asinine, ass-brained, bee-brained, beef-witted, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blank, blockheaded, Boeotian, boneheaded, boofheaded, brainless, bubbleheaded, buffle-headed, bullet-headed, cerebrally challenged, childish, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, clean, crackbrained, cretinous, dense, dented, dim, dim-bulb, dim-headed, dim-witted, doltish, dopey, dozy, drowsy, dull, dull-headed, dull-minded, dull-witted, dumb, dumb as a bag of hammers, dumb as a box of rocks, dumb as a doorknob, dumb as a post, dumb as a sack of hammers, dumb as an ox, dumb as dirt, dumber than a box of rocks, dumber than a rock, dunderheaded, empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, empty-headed, fatheaded, fatuous, feeble-minded, flea-brained, foolish, fuckwitted, fuzzy-headed, fuzzy-minded, half-brained, half-witted, hammer-headed, hollow, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, insipid, intellectually challenged, knuckleheaded, lamebrained, leer, lowbrow, lumpish, lunkheaded, mentally challenged, mentally retarded, mindless, monosynaptic, moronic, muttonheaded, nitwitted, not the sharpest crayon in the box, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, not the sharpest tool in the shed, numbskulled, oafish, obtuse, peabrained, pratty, pudding-headed, puerile, purblind, quarter-witted, retarded, rockheaded, sharp as a bowling ball, sheep-headed, shit-for-brains, simple, slow, slow-witted, smooth-brained, stolid, stupid, thick, thick as a brick, thick as a plank, thick as a whale omelette, thick as champ, thick as mince, thick as pig shit, thick as two short planks, thick-skulled, thickheaded, thickwitted, toom, unapprehensive, unclever, unfilled, unintelligent, unsmart, vacant, vacuous, vacuumlike, void, witless, wooden-headed, wool-headed, woolly-headed, woolly-minded

Scrabble Score: 12

vacuous is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
vacuous is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vacuous is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

vacuous is a valid Words With Friends word