BLANKS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

blanks 1 of 2

noun

plural of blank

as in forms

a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it handed him an employment blank to fill out

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as in vacancies

empty space a blank on the form for the patient's insurance policy number

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verb

present tense third-person singular of blank

as in passes over

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Recent Examples of blanks

Noun

Her brother, Tunji, fills in the British blanks for her, but life in Lagos was a time of playing on swings and watching her brother kick a ball with his friends. — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 15 July 2026 Speaking with Goldman Sachs’s Raj Mahajan at the firm’s Apex Symposium on June 2 — audio Fortune has exclusive, embargoed access to — Griffin filled in the blanks. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 July 2026 Couric then handed the virtual mic to Molner, who filled in some of his wife’s blanks. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026 Students could then be assigned a diagram of the water cycle with missing labels; filling in the blanks on the diagram offers them a hands-on activity to reinforce the information in the quiz. — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 July 2026 Opportunities to fill in the blanks Our research has also found that researchers may have options to work around government failures to collect and report this more detailed data. — Mark Axelrod, The Conversation, 30 June 2026 As shown below though, those opportunities were not exactly gilt-edged as Turkey fired blanks in their first two matches. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2026 Retrofitted rat traps that fired Hollywood blanks meant to deafen and deter. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 Someone doesn’t have to be ignoring you, shading you or leaving something out, but your mind will go ahead and fill in the blanks. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanks

Noun

Practitioners must also administer informed consent forms before proceeding with any sort of treatment, under Florida law.

— Ella Moore July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Human faces emerge from distorted forms that appear stretched through time, echoing motifs found in Chan’s earlier titanium sculptures.

— Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of forms

Noun

Republicans currently control the House at 218 seats, compared to the Democrats’ 212 seats, one independent seat and four vacancies.

— Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 26 July 2026
According to the league’s statistics and information department, these 10 vacancies are believed to be a record.

— Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of vacancies

Verb

Despite these audacious moments, Bouaddi generally keeps things simple in possession, favouring quick, safe passes over more ambitious ones.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Since then, however, Howell has only thrown 14 passes over the past two seasons.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of passes over

Noun

The project will include 121 boutique homes geared toward older adults, office space, a parking garage and a rooftop restaurant and bar, according to city documents.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
In October 2025, Baumgarten dropped his claims against both Opera Carolina and Williams, court documents show.

— Catherine Muccigrosso July 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

Definition of documents

Noun

If these voids aren't filled with credible information, employees will interpret events themselves, often leading to rumors that may or may not be true.

— Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Researchers found that the solar wind experiments created tiny voids within the mineral structure.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026

Definition of voids

Verb

So while the film, on one hand, ignores the political perspective of its victims — including Khalra — its wide-spanning rebuttal to government overreach becomes more palatable to mass audiences in the process.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 July 2026
By and large, the General Assembly mocks his policy proposals and ignores his leadership.

— Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026

Definition of ignores

Noun

Five people entered the business and one threatened an employee with a handgun while the others stole boxes containing vaping devices, cartridges and dozens of packs of rolling papers, police said.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
Wind, too, considers a quest for box and papers to be misguided.

— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 20 July 2026

Definition of papers

Noun

Companies like Trace Finance capitalize on structural gaps, offering zero-cost FX to secure profitable trade finance and credit relationships, mirroring traditional banks' strategies in high-interest markets like Brazil.

— Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Simultaneously rendering the past less remote while relishing its radical foreignness, Beard presses readers to grapple with alien ideas, reckon with gaps in their knowledge, and confront complexity.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

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