void

Plural: voids

Noun

the state of nonexistence
an empty area or space
- "the huge desert voids"
An empty space; a vacuum.
An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
A black cat.
An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
The lack of cards in a particular suit.
A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
An instance of urination.
A voidee.

Verb

Verb Forms: voided, voiding, voids

To make something invalid or nullify its effect.
declare invalid
- "void a plea"
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"
take away the legal force of or render ineffective
excrete or discharge from the body
To make invalid or worthless.
Synonym of empty (verb).
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
To withdraw, depart.
To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

Adjective Satellite

lacking any legal or binding force
- "null and void"
containing nothing
- "the earth was without form, and void"

Adj

Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
Being without; destitute; devoid.
Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
That does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
Having no cards in a particular suit.

Examples

A misplaced letter on the Scrabble board can void a perfectly planned play.
He voided the check and returned it.
My little void is so sweet sometimes.
Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
Opening this subassembly will void the warranty; there are no user-serviceable parts inside it.
to void a table
to void excrement
void one’s bladder
void one’s bowels

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

annul, avoid, emptiness, empty, evacuate, invalidate, nihility, nothingness, null, nullify, nullity, quash, vacancy, vacuum, vitiate, absent, awanting, bereft of, bootless, bubble, cancel, clean, deficient of, deprived of, destitute of, devoid of, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, fruitless, futile, gainless, idle, inane, ineffectual, inefficacious, inutile, lacking, leer, pointless, pore, profitless, purposeless, robbed of, shorn of, stripped of, toom, unavailing, unfilled, unprofitable, unuseful, unutilizable, useless, vacant, vacuous, vacuumlike, vain, void, void of, wanting

Antonyms

validate, cloud

Scrabble Score: 8

void: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
void: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
void: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

void: valid Words With Friends Word