void
1. an empty area or space
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
• Syn:
vacancy, emptiness, vacuum
• Derivationally related forms:
vacant (for: vacancy)
• Hypernyms:
space
2. the state of nonexistence
• Syn:
nothingness, nullity, nihility
• Hypernyms:
nonexistence, nonentity
• Hyponyms:
thin air
1. declare invalid
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
• Syn:
invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify
• Ant:
validate (for: invalidate)
• Derivationally related forms:
nullifier (for: nullify), nullification (for: nullify), voidable, voider, annulment (for: annul), invalidation (for: invalidate), invalidator (for: invalidate)
• Hypernyms:
cancel, strike down
• Hyponyms:
break, stet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. 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
• Hypernyms:
empty
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. excrete or discharge from the body
• Syn:
evacuate, empty
• Derivationally related forms:
voider, voiding, voidance, evacuant (for: evacuate), evacuation (for: evacuate)
• Hypernyms:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
• Hyponyms:
suction
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. take away the legal force of or render ineffective
- invalidate a contract
• Syn:
invalidate, vitiate
• Ant:
validate (for: invalidate)
• Derivationally related forms:
vitiation (for: vitiate), voidable, invalidation (for: invalidate)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
1. lacking any legal or binding force (Freq. 1)
- null and void
• Syn:
null
• Similar to:
invalid
• Derivationally related forms:
nullity (for: null)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
2. containing nothing
- the earth was without form, and void
• Similar to:
empty
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