devoid

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/dɪˈvɔɪd/

adjective

Completely without; having none of

“The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.”

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

adjectivedevoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCompletely without; having none of

    I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.

    1 more example

    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: empty, vacant, void, naked

verbdevoid (third-person singular simple present devoids, present participle devoiding, simple past and past participle devoided)

present singular third person devoids · participle present devoiding · participle past devoided · past devoided

  1. obsoleteTo empty out; to remove.

    The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCompletely without; having none of

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecompletely wanting or lacking

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchdesvuidier“to empty out”
  2. Englishdevoid

From obsolete Middle English verb devoiden, from Old French desvuidier (“to empty out”) (compare French dévider).

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Translations

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

Rhymes with devoid

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Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

devoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devoid

MLA

“devoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “devoid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devoid.

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