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void

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of void

1 having no legal or binding force

  • an agreement is void if obtained by force
Synonyms of void

bad, inoperative, invalid, nonbinding, nonvalid, nugatory, null, null and void
Words Related to void

illegal

useless, worthless

ineffective, ineffectual
Near Antonyms of void

legal

working
Antonyms of void

binding, good, valid

2 lacking contents that could or should be present

  • a nuclear explosion that would leave the landscape as void and lifeless as one could imagine
Synonyms of void

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

barren, hollow

available, clear, free, open

unfilled, unfurnished

unattended, uninhabited, unoccupied

abandoned, deserted, emptied, forsaken, vacated

depleted, drained, dry, exhausted
Near Antonyms of void

complete

replete

furnished, provided, supplied

filled, occupied

flush, overflowing, packed, teeming
Antonyms of void

full

3 utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected

  • entirely void of common sense
Synonyms of void

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

blank, empty, innocent, stark, vacant, wanting

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

absent, missing
Near Antonyms of void

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 void

filled, flush, fraught, full, replete, rife

4 left unoccupied or unused

  • the cornfields lay void under a blanket of snow
Synonyms of void

abandoned, derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forgotten, forsaken, rejected, vacant, vacated
Words Related to void

ignored, neglected, unattended, untended

castaway, cast-off, discarded, jettisoned, junked, refuse, waste

godforsaken, miserable, shabby, wretched

empty, idle
Near Antonyms of void

reclaimed, recovered, redeemed, rescued, retrieved, salvaged, saved

reconditioned, rehabbed, rehabilitated, restored

repeopled

Synonym Discussion of void

empty, vacant, blank, void, vacuous mean lacking contents which could or should be present. empty suggests a complete absence of contents.
    • an empty bucket
vacant suggests an absence of appropriate contents or occupants.
    • a vacant apartment
blank stresses the absence of any significant, relieving, or intelligible features on a surface.
    • a blank wall
void suggests absolute emptiness as far as the mind or senses can determine.
    • a statement void of meaning
vacuous suggests the emptiness of a vacuum and especially the lack of intelligence or significance.
    • a vacuous facial expression

void

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of void

1 an incomplete or deficient area

  • a repressed memory that left a huge void in her recollection of her adolescent years
Synonyms of void

gap, hiatus, hole, lacuna, space
Words Related to void

defectiveness, detriment, disability, failing, fault, impairment, weakness

deficiency, deficit, imperfection, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompleteness, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, need, shortcoming, shortfall, want
Near Antonyms of void

completeness, fullness

2 empty space

  • those ancient travelers who traversed those vast watery voids between the islands of Oceania
Synonyms of void

black hole, blank, blankness, emptiness, vacancy, vacuity
Words Related to void

nothingness

inane, vacuum

air, open, waste

bareness, barrenness, bleakness, desolateness, hollowness

cavity, gap, hole, hollow
Near Antonyms of void

fullness (also fulness), repleteness

3 an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)

  • the client wanted an old-fashioned stone wall and did not want the voids filled in with mortar
Synonyms of void

breach, break, discontinuity, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, interstice, interval, opening, rent, rift, separation
Words Related to void

chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure

notch, slit, slot, split

interspace, pore

abyss, aperture, cavity, chasm, gape, orifice

fracture, rupture, severance, sundering

void

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of void

1 to put an end to by formal action

  • the courtʼs decision voided the will
  • the cashier voided the sale when the customer realized his wallet was at home
Synonyms of void

abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, negate, null, nullify, quash, repeal, rescind, roll back, strike down, vacate
Words Related to void

countermand, override, overrule, overturn, veto

abort, call, call off, drop, recall, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, withdraw

ban, enjoin, forbid, outlaw, prohibit

disallow, dismiss, reject

annihilate, break down, eliminate, eradicate, erase, liquidate, remove, throw out, write off
Phrases Synonymous with void

do away with, set aside
Near Antonyms of void

enact, lay down, legislate

establish, found, institute

formalize, legalize, legitimate, legitimize, validate

pass, ratify

allow, approve, authorize, clear, endorse (also indorse), permit, sanction, warrant

command, decree, mandate, order, prescribe

2 to remove the contents of

  • the seller has promised to void the house of all furniture
Synonyms of void

clear, empty, evacuate, vacate
Words Related to void

deplete, drain, eliminate, exhaust, waste

bleed, draw (off)

clean, flush, purge, scour, sweep
Antonyms of void

fill, load

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