Synonyms of voids

voids 1 of 2

noun

plural of void

1

as in vacancies

empty space

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vacancies
• gaps
• blanks
• black holes
• vacuities
• vacuums
• cavities
• holes
• hollows
• wastes
• inanes
• airs

2

as in gaps

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 & Similar Words

• gaps
• holes
• crevices
• cracks
• interstices
• openings
• discontinuities
• fissures
• rifts
• intervals
• breaches
• rents
• separations
• breaks
• slits
• hiatuses
• cavities
• slots
• gulfs
• clefts
• pores
• crannies
• interspaces
• fractures
• chasms
• apertures
• splits
• chinks
• orifices
• notches
• ruptures
• abysses
• gapes
• severances

voids

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of void

1

as in abolishes

to put an end to by formal action

the court's decision voided the will

the cashier voided the sale when the customer realized his wallet was at home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolishes
• repeals
• cancels
• invalidates
• avoids
• nulls
• vacates
• nullifies
• negates
• overturns
• dissolves
• annuls
• abrogates
• rescinds
• withdraws
• revokes
• sets aside
• dismisses
• rolls back
• quashes
• suspends
• strikes down
• eliminates
• rejects
• abates
• does away with
• disannuls
• reverses
• removes
• retracts
• recalls
• vetoes
• overrules
• overrides
• forbids
• erases
• prohibits
• bans
• aborts
• outlaws
• countermands
• eradicates
• disallows
• annihilates
• calls off
• calls
• enjoins
• drops
• liquidates
• breaks down
• writes off
• throws out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• establishes
• institutes
• enacts
• lays down
• founds
• passes
• validates
• permits
• allows
• legislates
• authorizes
• orders
• approves
• warrants
• legitimizes
• clears
• mandates
• endorses
• legitimates
• sanctions
• formalizes
• prescribes
• decrees
• commands
• legalizes
• ratifies

2

as in empties

to remove the contents of

the seller has promised to void the house of all furniture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• empties
• clears
• evacuates
• drains
• eliminates
• cleans
• vacates
• sweeps
• exhausts
• wastes
• depletes
• purges
• draws (off)
• bleeds
• flushes
• scours

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• fills

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of voids

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

Carolina had to 1) identify its own strengths, 2) pinpoint ways to expand on them, 3) scout (and acquire) players to fill those voids, and then 4) get the best out of them. — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 June 2026

The cosmic web is the term scientists use to describe a skeleton-like framework of filaments and sheets of dark matter and gas along which galaxies gathered and evolved over time, which is punctuated by nearly empty voids. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 May 2026

Even if giant, enormous voids with no stars and galaxies in them at all did exist, this structure couldn’t possibly be one of those. — Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026

A week after the collapse, KDKA Investigates learned about pre-existing conditions in the roads throughout the borough, likely from aging infrastructure, where small voids have popped up under the surface. — Erika Stanish, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026

That disaster killed not just elite athletes but also their coaches, leaving seismic voids in US figure skating for generations to come. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025

The package implements health certification requirements, voids contracts between brokers and consumers that require deposits and bans brokers from selling animals in the state. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025

Verb

Modding the glasses is against the terms of service, which voids your warranty. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026

What voids a bumper-to-bumper warranty? — Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA Today, 16 May 2026

The agencies’ responses come in the wake of a new Kansas law that voids the state identification documents of roughly 1,800 trans Kansans who have changed their gender markers. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026

The Heat would avoid that payment, and subsequent regular payments, only if Silver voids his contract and expels him from the league. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025