Standard Lemma guide

void

adj · noun · verb · 32 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /vɔɪd/
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  • rhymes with -ɔɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: V OY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.
  • c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman I'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, / I may run over the story of his country.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vacant, unfilled, empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, vacuumlike, vacuous, void

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Being without; destitute; devoid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, with-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bereft of, destitute of, absent, awanting, deficient of, deprived of, devoid of, lacking, leer, poor in, robbed of, shorn of, stripped of, void of, wanting

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pointless, useless, bootless, barren, futile, sterile, fruitless, gainless, idle, inane, ineffectual, inefficacious, inutile, no good, otiose, profitless, purposeless, tired, unavailing, unprofitable, unuseful, unutilizable, vain, void

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • null and void

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Having no cards in a particular suit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: bridge, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

An empty space; a vacuum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An extended region of space containing no galaxies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: materials science

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: fluid mechanics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, construction, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A black cat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, endearing, humorous

Examples

  • My little void is so sweet sometimes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: cloud

15

noun

Meaning 15

An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

The lack of cards in a particular suit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: bridge, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

An instance of urination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences, urology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A voidee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To make invalid or worthless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Near-synonym: nullify
  • He voided the check and returned it.
  • Opening this subassembly will void the warranty; there are no user-serviceable parts inside it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nullify

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

Synonym of empty (verb).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • void one’s bladder
  • void one’s bowels

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: empty

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to void excrement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To withdraw; to depart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

Examples

  • to void a table

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

adjective satellite

Meaning 25

containing nothing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the earth was without form, and void

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

adjective satellite

Meaning 26

lacking any legal or binding force

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • null and void

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: null

Antonyms: none provided

27

noun

Meaning 27

an empty area or space

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the huge desert voids
  • the emptiness of outer space
  • without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vacancy, emptiness, vacuum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: space

28

noun

Meaning 28

the state of nonexistence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nothingness, nullity, nihility

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nonexistence, nonentity

Narrower terms: thin air

29

verb

Meaning 29

excrete or discharge from the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: evacuate, empty

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

Narrower terms: suction

30

verb

Meaning 30

take away the legal force of or render ineffective

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • invalidate a contract

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: invalidate, vitiate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

31

verb

Meaning 31

clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The chemist voided the glass bottle
  • The concert hall was voided of the audience

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: empty

32

verb

Meaning 32

declare invalid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The contract was annulled
  • void a plea

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cancel, strike down

Narrower terms: break, stet

History

Etymology

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

Alteration of voidee.

Across languages

Translations

245 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: празен (prazen) — containing nothing
  • Dutch: leeg — containing nothing
  • Dutch: leegte — containing nothing
  • Finnish: tyhjä — containing nothing
  • French: vide — containing nothing
  • French: libre — containing nothing
  • Georgian: ცარიელი (carieli) — containing nothing
  • German: leer — containing nothing
  • Greek: άδειος (ádeios) — containing nothing
  • Hindi: रिक्त (rikt) — containing nothing
  • Hungarian: üres — containing nothing
  • Indonesian: kosong — containing nothing
  • Italian: vuoto — containing nothing
  • Macedonian: пра́зен (prázen) — containing nothing
  • Māori: hemahema — containing nothing
  • Māori: tahanga — containing nothing
  • Māori: mārua — containing nothing
  • Māori: tiare — containing nothing
  • Māori: tīareare — containing nothing
  • Old English: ǣmettig — containing nothing
  • Old English: īdel — containing nothing
  • Portuguese: vazio — containing nothing
  • Portuguese: vazia — containing nothing
  • Russian: пустой (pustoj) — containing nothing
  • Russian: порожний (porožnij) — containing nothing
  • Spanish: huero — containing nothing
  • Swedish: tomrum — containing nothing
  • Swedish: tom — containing nothing
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوش (boş) — containing nothing
  • Ottoman Turkish: خالی (hali) — containing nothing
  • Bulgarian: незает (nezaet) — unoccupied
  • Bulgarian: вакантен (vakanten) — unoccupied
  • Dutch: leeg — unoccupied
  • Dutch: vacant — unoccupied
  • Finnish: tyhjä — unoccupied
  • French: vacant — unoccupied
  • French: vide — unoccupied
  • Georgian: დაუკავებელი (dauḳavebeli) — unoccupied
  • Georgian: ვაკანტური (vaḳanṭuri) — unoccupied
  • German: leer — unoccupied
  • Hindi: रिक्त (rikt) — unoccupied
  • Hungarian: megüresedett — unoccupied
  • Hungarian: megürült — unoccupied
  • Hungarian: el nem foglalt — unoccupied
  • Italian: vuoto — unoccupied
  • Macedonian: сло́боден (slóboden) — unoccupied
  • Macedonian: ва́кантен (vákanten) — unoccupied
  • Macedonian: пра́зен (prázen) — unoccupied
  • Māori: wātea — unoccupied
  • Portuguese: vazio — unoccupied
  • Portuguese: vazia — unoccupied
  • Russian: вакантный (vakantnyj) — unoccupied
  • Spanish: vacante — unoccupied
  • Spanish: vacuo — unoccupied
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوش (boş) — unoccupied
  • Ottoman Turkish: خالی (hali) — unoccupied
  • Bulgarian: лишен (lišen) — being without
  • Finnish: jolta puuttuu — being without
  • French: dépourvu — being without
  • French: vide — being without
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 (wans) — being without
  • Hungarian: nélküli — being without
  • Hungarian: -talan — being without
  • Hungarian: -telen — being without
  • Hungarian: mentes — being without
  • Hungarian: nélkülöző — being without
  • Italian: privo — being without
  • Macedonian: ли́шен (líšen) — being without
  • Bulgarian: базполезен (bazpolezen) — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Bulgarian: напразен (naprazen) — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Dutch: ijdel — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Finnish: tyhjä — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • French: vide — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • French: vain — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • German: vergeblich — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • German: umsonst — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Hindi: व्यर्थ (vyarth) — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Hungarian: hasztalan — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Hungarian: hiábavaló — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Hungarian: céltalan — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Hungarian: eredménytelen — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Italian: vano — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Italian: inutile — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Macedonian: беспо́лезен (bespólezen) — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Macedonian: на́празен (náprazen) — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Macedonian: неко́рисен (nekórisen) — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Russian: тщетный (tščetnyj) — not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain
  • Bulgarian: недействителен (nedejstvitelen) — having lost all legal validity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 无效 (wúxiào) — having lost all legal validity
  • Dutch: ongeldig — having lost all legal validity
  • Dutch: nietig — having lost all legal validity
  • Finnish: mitätön — having lost all legal validity
  • French: nul — having lost all legal validity
  • French: invalide — having lost all legal validity
  • French: caduc — having lost all legal validity
  • Georgian: არარა (arara) — having lost all legal validity
  • Georgian: ბათილი (batili) — having lost all legal validity
  • German: ungültig — having lost all legal validity
  • German: nichtig — having lost all legal validity
  • Hungarian: érvénytelen — having lost all legal validity
  • Hungarian: semmis — having lost all legal validity
  • Indonesian: batal — having lost all legal validity
  • Interlingua: nulle — having lost all legal validity
  • Interlingua: invalide — having lost all legal validity
  • Italian: nullo — having lost all legal validity
  • Italian: non valido — having lost all legal validity
  • Latin: irritus — having lost all legal validity
  • Macedonian: нева́жечки (nevážečki) — having lost all legal validity
  • Macedonian: неи́справен (neíspraven) — having lost all legal validity
  • Macedonian: недејстви́телен (nedejstvítelen) — having lost all legal validity
  • Māori: mārua — having lost all legal validity
  • Māori: manakore — having lost all legal validity
  • Norwegian: ugyldig — having lost all legal validity
  • Plautdietsch: onjeltich — having lost all legal validity
  • Polish: nieważny — having lost all legal validity
  • Portuguese: nulo — having lost all legal validity
  • Portuguese: inválido — having lost all legal validity
  • Romanian: nul — having lost all legal validity
  • Russian: недействительный (nedejstvitelʹnyj) — having lost all legal validity
  • Spanish: nulo — having lost all legal validity
  • Spanish: inválido — having lost all legal validity
  • Tagalog: walang-bisa — having lost all legal validity
  • Thai: โมฆะ (moo-ká) — having lost all legal validity
  • Finnish: tyhjä — containing no immaterial quality
  • Hungarian: értéktelen — containing no immaterial quality
  • Italian: vuoto — containing no immaterial quality
  • Finnish: tyhjä — computing: not returning value
  • Italian: nullo — computing: not returning value
  • Italian: vuoto — computing: not returning value
  • Italian: non valido — computing: not returning value
  • Spanish: nulo — computing: not returning value
  • Spanish: inválido — computing: not returning value
  • Bulgarian: празнина (praznina) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Bulgarian: вакуум (vakuum) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Catalan: buit — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空虚 (kōngxū) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Czech: prázdnota — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Danish: tomrum — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Dutch: vacuüm — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Dutch: leegte — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Esperanto: malpleno — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Finnish: tyhjiö — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Finnish: tyhjyys — an empty space; a vacuum
  • French: vide — an empty space; a vacuum
  • French: néant — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Georgian: სიცარიელე (sicariele) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Georgian: ვაკუუმი (vaḳuumi) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • German: Leere — an empty space; a vacuum
  • German: Vakuum — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Ancient Greek: κενόν (kenón) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Hebrew: חָלָל (ẖalál) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Hebrew: רִיק (riq) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Hindi: निर्वात (nirvāt) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Hindi: रिक्ति (rikti) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Hungarian: üresség — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Hungarian: űr — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Indonesian: hampa — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Interlingua: vacuo — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Italian: vacuo — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Italian: vuoto — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Japanese: 超空洞 (chō kūdō) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Latin: lacūna — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Macedonian: пра́знина (práznina) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Macedonian: ва́куум (vákuum) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Māori: hemanga — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Norwegian: intet — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Norwegian: tomhet — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Norwegian: vakuum — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Norwegian: tomrom — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Polish: pustka — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Polish: próżnia — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Portuguese: vazio — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Portuguese: vácuo — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Romanian: vid — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Russian: пустота́ (pustotá) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Serbo-Croatian: празнина — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Serbo-Croatian: praznina — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Slovene: praznina — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Spanish: vacío — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Swedish: tomrum — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Turkish: boşluk — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Yiddish: חלל (kholel) — an empty space; a vacuum
  • Finnish: tyhjiö — astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
  • Georgian: სიცარიელე (sicariele) — astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
  • German: Hohlraum — astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
  • German: Void — astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
  • Turkish: boşluk — astronomy: an extended region of space containing no galaxies
  • Hungarian: hézag — materials science: a collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice
  • Hungarian: üreg — fluid mechanics: a pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation
  • Hungarian: likacs — fluid mechanics: a pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation
  • Hungarian: hézag — construction: an empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade
  • Bulgarian: анулирам (anuliram) — to make invalid or worthless
  • Catalan: anul·lar — to make invalid or worthless
  • Catalan: invalidar — to make invalid or worthless
  • Dutch: annuleren — to make invalid or worthless
  • Dutch: ongeldig maken — to make invalid or worthless
  • Finnish: mitätöidä — to make invalid or worthless
  • French: annuler — to make invalid or worthless
  • French: résilier — to make invalid or worthless
  • French: révoquer — to make invalid or worthless
  • Georgian: გაბათილება (gabatileba) — to make invalid or worthless
  • Georgian: გაუქმება (gaukmeba) — to make invalid or worthless
  • German: löschen — to make invalid or worthless
  • German: annullieren — to make invalid or worthless
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (blauþjan) — to make invalid or worthless
  • Ancient Greek: ἀθετέω (athetéō) — to make invalid or worthless
  • Hungarian: érvénytelenít — to make invalid or worthless
  • Hungarian: megsemmisít — to make invalid or worthless
  • Hungarian: felbont — to make invalid or worthless
  • Indonesian: membatalkan — to make invalid or worthless
  • Interlingua: annullar — to make invalid or worthless
  • Interlingua: invalidar — to make invalid or worthless
  • Irish: neamhnigh — to make invalid or worthless
  • Italian: annullare — to make invalid or worthless
  • Italian: invalidare — to make invalid or worthless
  • Macedonian: по́ништи (póništi) — to make invalid or worthless
  • Macedonian: анули́ра (anulíra) — to make invalid or worthless
  • Norwegian: annulere — to make invalid or worthless
  • Norwegian: gjøre ugyldig — to make invalid or worthless
  • Portuguese: anular — to make invalid or worthless
  • Portuguese: invalidar — to make invalid or worthless
  • Russian: аннулировать (annulirovatʹ) — to make invalid or worthless
  • Spanish: infirmar — to make invalid or worthless
  • Swedish: annullera — to make invalid or worthless
  • Swedish: upphäva — to make invalid or worthless
  • Tagalog: waling-bisa — to make invalid or worthless
  • Welsh: dirymu — to make invalid or worthless
  • Bulgarian: изпразвам (izprazvam) — (medicine) to empty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排空 (páikōng) — (medicine) to empty
  • Dutch: legen — (medicine) to empty
  • Finnish: tyhjentää — (medicine) to empty
  • German: entleeren — (medicine) to empty
  • German: leeren — (medicine) to empty
  • Hungarian: ürít — (medicine) to empty
  • Hungarian: kiürít — (medicine) to empty
  • Indonesian: mengosongkan — (medicine) to empty
  • Interlingua: vacuar — (medicine) to empty
  • Interlingua: evacuar — (medicine) to empty
  • Italian: svuotare — (medicine) to empty
  • Macedonian: и́спразни (ísprazni) — (medicine) to empty
  • Māori: paru — (medicine) to empty
  • Norwegian: tømme — (medicine) to empty
  • Portuguese: esvaziar — (medicine) to empty
  • Portuguese: evacuar — (medicine) to empty
  • Russian: опорожнять (oporožnjatʹ) — (medicine) to empty