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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blanks

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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

The need for a federal workforce at KSC dwindled, and that’s when state officials started looking to commercial companies to help fill in the blanks. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 Kyle Gauvin, the president of the board of Sacred Heart Housing, filled in the blanks. — Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 4 Sep. 2026 Once these new worlds are spotted by Roman, the more powerful and sensitive Webb will take aim to fill in the blanks. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 In the meantime, former staff is filling in the blanks left by the missing report. — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2026 Baffled residents, who don’t know whether their data have been stolen or compromised, have been trying their best to fill in the blanks. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Friends filled in the blanks, painting Roberts, a web developer and clutch early digital-ad adviser, as the Marty Ginsburg to Ocasio-Cortez’s RBG. — Michelle Ruiz, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026 Stewart could have just heard in passing that the former Suits star had returned from the UK and filled in the blanks, or the meeting might have been part of the conversation. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 10 Aug. 2026 No need to fill in the blanks with your worst-case scenarios. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanks

Noun

Following the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, burning, looting and other forms of mayhem broke out in Minneapolis and many other cities across America.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
The dairy farmer agreed with a comment from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins encouraging Americans to seek out other forms of protein, including turkey, amid a rise in the cost of beef.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of forms

Noun

Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter has reduced its pending service requests by more than 90% after filling staffing vacancies and streamlining its processes.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Florida law allows the governor to make interim appointments when vacancies occur rather than leaving offices empty until the next election.

— Zoe Millán, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of vacancies

Verb

The play of the group was highlighted on the Giants’ fourth touchdown drive where running back Devin Singletary caught three passes out of the backfield on Jaxson Dart dump-off passes over the course of four plays that generated 29 yards.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026
Last season was hampered by an injury to starter Drew Allar, but Penn State has had more than eight passes over 40 yards, in a season, one time in the last six years.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of passes over

Noun

The French-language digital news media outlet La Presse reported Wednesday that court documents filed in Montreal showed that Canadian police had been monitoring Pierre for weeks and had placed his home under surveillance.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Historic documents and artifacts help people remember their history, but keeping track of everything can be overwhelming, especially when the items come from an entire community.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of documents

Noun

The goal was to produce a more uniform film with compact crystal grains and fewer voids and defects.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Seal Gaps Check your home’s exterior for small cracks and openings that can give hornets access to wall voids and eaves.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of voids

Noun

The blockbuster trilogy of papers in the late 1990s showed that, mathematically, these two theoretical worlds (the AdS interior and the CFT surface) are the same.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Around 10 minutes later, Pinkney lunged at a man walking a dog with his girlfriend at the northeast corner of Central Park, narrowly missing him with his knife, according to court papers.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of papers

Noun

Now those gaps were empty, glazed only by the view of leaf-greens and sky-blues.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
MXene nanosheets fill the microscopic gaps between those fibers, locking them in place and preventing slippage under physical pressure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026