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Synonyms for void

  • adjective
  • verb
  • noun

Most common

empty unfilled vacant vacuous useless ineffectual lacking

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Empty — containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled

empty, unfilled, vacant, vacuous, blank, hollow, unused, clear, unoccupied, clean, vacuumlike, toom rare UK

2. Useless — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain

useless, ineffectual, vain, barren, idle, pointless, ineffective, futile, unavailing, inane, bootless

3. Lacking — being without; destitute; devoid

lacking, wanting

Other

null, invalid, devoid, destitute

Verb

1. Nullify — to make invalid or worthless

nullify, vitiate, annul, invalidate, abrogate, expel, cancel, eliminate, discharge, avoid, rescind, eject, exhaust, quash, deface

Other

evacuate, pass, drive, urinate

Noun

1. Vacuum

vacuum, emptiness, empty space, vacancy, vacuity, free space

2. Nothingness

nothingness, nullity, nihility

Other

expanse, leak, bubble, pore, lear, vacivity

Antonyms

full, valid, suffuse

All antonyms of void →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

    Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.

  2. adj. 2

    Being without; destitute; devoid.

  3. v. 1

    To make invalid or worthless.

    He voided the check and returned it.

  4. n. 1

    An empty space; a vacuum.

    Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.

Related words

Word family
voidable voider
Phrases
null and void legal void

Forms

Plural
voids → vacuums, emptinesses, vacancies, vacuities…
Past participle
voided
e.g. voided → nullified, vitiated, annulled, invalidated…

Example sentences

  • empty An empty stomach doesn't help on the mental front.
  • vacant How about playing catch in the vacant lot near by?
  • vacuous Another unbearably vacuous title!
  • useless There's nothing in here but a lot of useless junk.
  • barren Algeria's Sahara is barren and sparsely populated.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
voidsteady
emptyrising
vacantfalling
unfilledfalling
vacuousrising
uselesssteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
pass1, leak1, vain1, idle2, null1, pore1, lear1, toom
5 letters
clear1, drive1, clean1, avoid2, empty2, blank1, expel2, eject2, quash1, inane2, annul2
6 letters
cancel2, bubble2, vacuum2, hollow2, vacant2, unused2, barren2, futile2, devoid2, deface2
7 letters
wanting2, useless2, lacking2, invalid3, exhaust2, vacancy3, expanse2, nullify3, rescind2, urinate3, vacuous3, nullity, vitiate3, vacuity
8 letters
evacuate4, unfilled2, abrogate3, bootless, nihility, vacivity
9 letters
eliminate4, pointless2, discharge2, emptiness3, destitute3
10 letters
invalidate4, unoccupied4, unavailing4, vacuumlike
11 letters
ineffective4, nothingness3, ineffectual5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).