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

The family hopes witnesses will come forward to help fill in the blanks about what happened before Wells entered the water. — ABC News, 22 July 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanks

Noun

There is no set temperature at which one forms, Giannaros said; what is needed is the kind of atmosphere that breeds dry thunderstorms — very hot, very dry air near the ground, with cooler and moister air above it.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Whether through live showcases, immersive presentations, interactive demonstrations or other forms of audience engagement, creating an emotional connection early can become a meaningful competitive advantage in an increasingly crowded marketplace.

— E'Ian West, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of forms

Noun

British firms posted about 10% fewer vacancies this month than in January 2025, data from job search website Indeed shared with Bloomberg shows.

— Irina Anghel, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Built in 1988, the shopping center has seen a growing number of vacancies and damage from vandalism after its anchor grocery store, Dillon’s, left in 2008.

— Taylor O'Connor July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 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

On Friday, Tench was arrested on 99 felony charges, which include 33 counts of bid-rigging, 33 of first-degree forgery and 33 of filing false documents.

— Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer Seth Elliott used confidential police databases to let a drug dealer know about undercover police who were trying to buy drugs, court documents allege.

— Julia Coin Updated July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 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

When in May the government admitted that the exam papers for medical and dental courses had been leaked and that millions would have to re-sit nationwide, long held discontent exploded into widespread anger.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
There are fewer female editors reviewing these papers in high-impact journals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Definition of papers

Noun

The gaps show that frontier capability and practical deployment move at different speeds without discounting AI’s gains.

— Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
As of Tuesday, 103 kilometers (64 miles) of firebreaks — gaps in vegetation designed to impede fire spread — have been completed, the prefecture said.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

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