Synonyms:
void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum
Meaning: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
Usage examples
He stood there, staring into vacancy, idly fingering the pearls.
One moment it was there and the next it was gone, and I found myself staring into vacancy.
Yes--like a bubble filled with smoke-- The curd-white moon upswimming broke The vacancy of space;
Our residence at Canterbury, and our local connexion, will, no doubt, enable him to take advantage of any vacancy that may arise in the Cathedral corps.'
Late in the day, a friend who called upon the owner of the house, learning that the printer wanted work, said he had heard of a vacancy at Mr. West's, 85 Chatham Street.