available if something is available, you can buy it, get it, or use it:
Are there any tickets still available for Saturday?
There’s no room for more books – we’ve used up all the available space.free if a seat or room is free, it is not being used by anyone:
Excuse me, is this seat free?
The hotel never has any free rooms over the Christmas period.vacant if a house or room is vacant, it is available for someone to use or rent:
If you’re looking for somewhere to rent, I think there’s a vacant apartment in my building.
I’ll ask around and see if there’s a room vacant somewhere.
The sign on the toilet said ‘vacant’.spare a spare room, key, tyre etc is one that you have in addition to the ones that you normally use, and is therefore available to be used:
We have a spare room you can stay in.
There’s a spare key in this drawer.
I got the spare tyre out of the back of the car.empty an empty room, building etc has no one in it:
The house was empty for two months before it was sold.
They have three empty rooms now that the kids have moved out.on offer if something is on offer, it is available for people to choose from:
There is a huge network of cycle tracks on offer.
Other facilities on offer in this excellent hotel include a hairdressing salon, a coffee shop, and a children's play room.
the variety of delicious fruits on offertaken [not before noun] if a seat or room is taken, it is not available for other people to use, because someone has already arranged to use it:
I’m sorry – that seat is taken.
I’m afraid all our rooms are taken at the moment. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲