| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bare, barren, bereft, clear, deprived, destitute, devoid, drained, emptied, free, lacking, scant, short, shy, tenantless, unfilled, unoccupied, vacant, vacuous, without |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
| Antonyms: | filled, full, occupied |
| Main Entry: | void |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emptiness, want |
| Synonyms: | blank, blankness, cavity, gap, hole, hollow, lack, nihility, nothingness, nullity, opening, space, vacuity, vacuum |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
| Antonyms: | fullness |
| Main Entry: | void |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of; empty |
| Synonyms: | clear, deplete, discharge, dispose, drain, dump, eject, eliminate, emit, evacuate, flow, give off, go, pour, relieve, remove, throw out, vacate |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
| Antonyms: | keep |
| Main Entry: | void |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nullify, cancel |
| Synonyms: | abnegate, abrogate, annul, black out, bleep, blue pencil, clean up, cut, declare null and void, discharge, dissolve, drop*, gut, invalidate, launder, rescind, sanitize, sterilize, take out, trim, vacate |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit, sanction, validate |
| Main Entry: | abolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do away with or put an end to |
| Synonyms: | abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, disestablish, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub, set aside, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap |
| Antonyms: | confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold |
| Main Entry: | abrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formally put an end to |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, do in, end, finish off, invalidate, knock out, negate, nix, nullify, quash, reject, renege, repeal, retract, revoke, scrub, torpedo, undo, vacate, vitiate, void |
| Antonyms: | approve, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support |
| Main Entry: | absence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of lacking something needed or usual |
| Synonyms: | dearth, deficiency, drought, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, omission, privation, unavailability, void, want |
| Antonyms: | abundance, enough, plenty |
| Main Entry: | abyss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something very deep, usually a feature of land |
| Synonyms: | abysm, chasm, crevasse, depth, fissure, gorge, gulf, hole, pit, void |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without covering or content |
| Synonyms: | arid, barren, blank, bleak, clear, desert, desolate, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, stark, unfurnished, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Antonyms: | covered, full |