Law . having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.

useless; ineffectual; vain.

devoid; destitute (usually fol. by of )

a life void of meaning.

without contents; empty.

without an incumbent, as an office.

Mathematics . (of a set) empty.

(in cards) having no cards in a suit.

an empty space; emptiness

He disappeared into the void.

something experienced as a loss or privation

His death left a great void in her life.

a gap or opening, as in a wall.

a vacancy; vacuum.

Typography . counter 3 ( def. 10 ) .

(in cards) lack of cards in a suit

a void in clubs.

to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify

to void a check.

to empty; discharge; evacuate

to void excrement.

to clear or empty (often fol. by of )

to void a chamber of occupants.

Archaic . to depart from; vacate.

to defecate or urinate.

adjective

filled , full , occupied , meaningful , valid

noun

fullness

verb

keep , allow , permit , sanction , validate

adjective

abandoned , bare , barren , bereft , clear , deprived , destitute , devoid , drained , emptied , free , lacking , scant , short , shy , tenantless , unfilled , unoccupied , vacant , vacuous , withoutnotes:void means empty; devoid means empty , but empty only after something has been taken away , avoided , bad , dead , forceless , fruitless , ineffective , ineffectual , inoperative , invalid , negated , not viable , nugatory , null , null and void , set aside , sterile , unconfirmed , unenforceable , unfruitful , unratified , unsanctioned , unsuccessful , useless , vain , voided , worthlessnotes:void means empty; devoid means empty , blank , innocent , wanting , empty

noun

blank , blankness , cavity , gap , hole , hollow , lack , nihility , nothingness , nullity , opening , space , vacuity , vacuumnotes:void means empty; devoid means empty , but empty only after something has been taken away , barrenness , emptiness , vacancy , vacuum , pocket , break , hiatus , interim , lacuna , desolation , hollowness

verb

clear , deplete , discharge , dispose , drain , dump , eject , eliminate , emit , evacuate , flow , give off , go , pour , relieve , remove , throw out , vacatenotes:void means empty; devoid means empty , but empty only after something has been taken away , abnegate , abrogate , annul , black out * , bleep , blue pencil , clean up , cut , declare null and void , dissolve , drop * , gut * , invalidate , launder , rescind , sanitize , sterilize , take out , trim , clean out , vacate , annihilate , cancel , negate , nullify , set aside , vitiate , abyss , avion , bare , blank , cavity , countermand , delete , egest , emptiness , empty , free , gap , hole , hollow , ineffective , ineffectual , invalid , lacking , leave , meaningless , negated , nul , null , opening , pass , quash , repeal , space , unoccupied , useless , vacant , vacuity , vacuum , veto , want , wanting