Meanings
- not comparableCompletely without; having none of
I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.
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The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.
1960 July, “New Eastern Region diesel depot at Finsbury Park”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 422–423
Synonyms & antonyms
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adjectivecompletely wanting or lacking
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchdesvuidier“to empty out”
- Englishdevoid
From obsolete Middle English verb devoiden, from Old French desvuidier (“to empty out”) (compare French dévider).
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Arabic خَالِي, فَارِغ
- خَالِي (ḵālī)empty, completely without
- فَارِغ (fāriḡ)empty, completely without
Bulgarian празен, лишен от
- празен (prazen)empty, completely without
- лишен от (lišen ot)empty, completely without
Chinese Mandarin 空的
- 空的empty, completely without
Czech postrádající, nemající
- postrádajícíempty, completely without
- nemajícíempty, completely without
Danish blottet
- blottetempty, completely without
Dutch verstoken zijn van
- verstoken zijn vanempty, completely without
French dépourvu
- dépourvuempty, completely without
German frei adj.: leer
- frei adj.: leerempty, completely without
Hebrew נעדר, חסר
- נעדר (ne'edár)empty, completely without
- חסר (khasár)empty, completely without
Italian privo, senza
- privoempty, completely without
- senzaempty, completely without
Persian فاقد
- فاقد (fâqed)empty, completely without
Polish pozbawiony
- pozbawionyempty, completely without
Portuguese destituído, desprovido
- destituídoempty, completely without
- desprovidoempty, completely without
Romanian golit, fără de conținut
- golitempty, completely without
- fără de conținutempty, completely without
Russian пусто́й, поро́жний
- пусто́й (pustój)empty, completely without
- поро́жний (poróžnij)empty, completely without
Spanish vacío, desprovisto
- vacíoempty, completely without
- desprovistoempty, completely without
- carenteempty, completely without
- desproveídoempty, completely without
- impróvidoempty, completely without
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
devoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devoid
“devoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “devoid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devoid.
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