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devoid

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of devoid

1 utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected

  • the so-called comedy is totally devoid of intelligence, originality, and even laughs
Synonyms of devoid

bankrupt, bare, barren, bereft, destitute, void
Words Related to devoid

blank, empty, innocent, stark, vacant, wanting

deficient, fragmental, fragmentary, incomplete, insufficient, partial, short

absent, missing
Near Antonyms of devoid

furnished, provided, supplied

brimming, bulging, bursting, chock-full (or chockful), crammed, crowded, fat, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, packed, saturated, stuffed

abounding, swarming, teeming, thick, thronging
Antonyms of devoid

filled, flush, fraught, full, replete, rife

2 lacking contents that could or should be present

  • the picnic jug was completely devoid of juice after only a few minutes
Synonyms of devoid

bare, blank, clean, empty, stark, toom [chiefly Scottish], vacant, vacuous, void
Words Related to devoid

barren, hollow

available, clear, free, open

unfilled, unfurnished

unattended, uninhabited, unoccupied

abandoned, deserted, emptied, forsaken, vacated

depleted, drained, dry, exhausted
Near Antonyms of devoid

complete

replete

furnished, provided, supplied

filled, occupied

flush, overflowing, packed, teeming
Antonyms of devoid

full

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