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as in null
having no legal or binding force an agreement is void if obtained by force

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How does the adjective void contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of void are blank, empty, vacant, and vacuous. While all these words mean "lacking contents which could or should be present," void suggests absolute emptiness as far as the mind or senses can determine.

a statement void of meaning

When is it sensible to use blank instead of void?

The words blank and void are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, blank stresses the absence of any significant, relieving, or intelligible features on a surface.

a blank wall

When might empty be a better fit than void?

The synonyms empty and void are sometimes interchangeable, but empty suggests a complete absence of contents.

an empty bucket

When can vacant be used instead of void?

In some situations, the words vacant and void are roughly equivalent. However, vacant suggests an absence of appropriate contents or occupants.

a vacant apartment

In what contexts can vacuous take the place of void?

Although the words vacuous and void have much in common, vacuous suggests the emptiness of a vacuum and especially the lack of intelligence or significance.

a vacuous facial expression

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of void
Adjective
Into this relative void steps Paul Thomas Anderson, whose films have been nominated for 28 Academy Awards over the course of his career. Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 As a result, Carrasco is alleging that these contracts should be void. Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
Takehiro Hira, who plays a workaholic with a void in his life, drew on his own experience as a student abroad. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025 The missing pages of Japanese Americans’ impact on LA’s car culture left a void in the subculture’s history. Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Machado attempted to run against Maduro in the 2024 presidential election, but her candidacy was voided by the regime. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025 Barrodale does not let either her reader or her main character off the hook with anything as voiding as that. Book Marks october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for void
Recent Examples of Synonyms for void
Adjective
  • Or for the wide swaths of empty seats in the upper deck that formed after the New York Giants put the game in a vice grip with a three-score lead late in the third quarter and put the Broncos on shutout watch.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The kitchen was empty, save for an enormous stockpot of broth, with chicken feet bobbing at the surface.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Banking has become functionally correct but emotionally devoid, with the industry swimming in a sea of sameness.
    Michael Abbott, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • That devoid ingredient hindered things exponentially.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • Just past the cattle-ranching town of Bridgeport in northern California, near the border of Nevada, this deserted mining community is frozen in time along its dusty desert road.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • To summarize, the protagonist, lost in hopeless days, eventually stumbles upon a deserted dance hall.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The age gap between their characters was also something thought out by screenwriters David Swift, Charles Shyer, and Nancy Meyers (who also served as the film's director).
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the end, every element is dismantled, the squares return to emptiness, and the streets resume their rhythm.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Fall from the emptiness of his promises—and that is not a metaphor.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Buffalo’s forward depth has already been tested early in the season, and Danforth is a versatile player who helps the Sabres plug holes in the bottom six.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • When the Chicago rat hole went viral, Magle and his team considered how the mark was made.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Months after Missouri lawmakers passed a sweeping incentives package for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals, voters across the state could have a chance to repeal it.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Gay people could not openly serve in the military until Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed in 2011.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • An international arbitral tribunal in The Hague rejected China’s sweeping claims in a 2016 ruling that Beijing continues to dismiss as invalid.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Void.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/void. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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