void
adjective
[ vɔɪd ]
• not valid or legally binding.
• "the contract was void"
Similar:
invalid,
null and void,
null,
nullified,
cancelled,
revoked,
rescinded,
abolished,
inoperative,
ineffective,
not binding,
not in force,
non-viable,
useless,
worthless,
nugatory,
lapsed,
expired,
out of date,
terminated,
discontinued,
unrenewed,
• completely empty.
• "void spaces surround the tanks"
Similar:
empty,
emptied,
vacant,
without contents,
containing nothing,
blank,
bare,
clear,
free,
unfilled,
unoccupied,
uninhabited,
desolate,
barren,
• (in bridge and whist) having been dealt no cards in a particular suit.
• "there is a danger that one of the opponents will be void in that suit"
void
noun
• a completely empty space.
• "the black void of space"
Similar:
gap,
empty space,
space,
blank space,
blank,
vacuum,
lacuna,
hole,
cavity,
chasm,
abyss,
gulf,
pit,
hiatus,
emptiness,
nothingness,
blankness,
vacancy,
vacuity,
oblivion,
nullity,
voidness,
nihility,
• (in bridge and whist) a suit in which a player is dealt no cards.
• "a hand with a singleton club is more likely than one with a void"
void
verb
• declare that (something) is not valid or legally binding.
• "the Supreme court voided the statute"
Similar:
invalidate,
render invalid,
annul,
nullify,
negate,
disallow,
quash,
cancel,
countermand,
repeal,
revoke,
rescind,
retract,
withdraw,
reverse,
abrogate,
undo,
abolish,
obliterate,
terminate,
repudiate,
avoid,
vacate,
• discharge or drain away (water, gases, etc.).
• "the gases are usually voided into the mechanism"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘unoccupied’): from a dialect variant of Old French vuide ; related to Latin vacare ‘vacate’; the verb partly a shortening of avoid, reinforced by Old French voider .
