Void - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT void /vɔɪd/ /vɔɪd/ IPA guide

Other forms: voided; voids; voiding; voidly

A void is empty space, nothingness, zero, zilch. A place that's void of all life forms has no sign of animals, plants, or people.

You may recognize void from the Old Testament passage describing creation: "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep." In other words, nothing was there: pure emptiness. When you void something or make it void, you make it legally invalid, and that kind of void often goes with null. You might tell Cinderella, "If you're not back by midnight, that arrangement with the pumpkin and the mice is null and void."

Definitions of void

noun an empty area or space “the huge desert voids” synonyms: emptiness, vacancy, vacuum see moresee less type of: space an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
noun the state of nonexistence synonyms: nihility, nothingness, nullity see moresee less types: thin air nowhere to be found in a giant void type of: nonentity, nonexistence the state of not existing
adjective containing nothing “the earth was without form, and void” synonyms: empty holding or containing nothing
adjective lacking any legal or binding force synonyms: null invalid having no cogency or legal force
verb clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something “The chemist voided the glass bottle” “The concert hall was voided of the audience” see moresee less type of: empty make void or empty of contents
verb declare invalid “void a plea” synonyms: annihilate, annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash see moresee less types: break invalidate by judicial action stet printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion type of: cancel, strike down declare null and void; make ineffective
verb take away the legal force of or render ineffective synonyms: invalidate, vitiate see moresee less type of: alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
verb excrete or discharge from the body synonyms: empty, evacuate see moresee less types: suction empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction type of: egest, eliminate, excrete, pass eliminate from the body

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