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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indifference |
| Synonyms: | alienation, aloofness, apathy, callousness, carelessness, cold shoulder, cold-bloodedness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disdain, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, disregard, equity, heedlessness, immunity, impartiality, impassiveness, impassivity, inattention, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, inconsequentialness, inertia, insensitivity, insignificance, insouciance, isolationism, lack, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, neutrality, nonchalance, noninterference, objectivity, stoicism, torpor, unconcern, unimportance, unmindfulness |
| Main Entry: | contempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of disgrace |
| Synonyms: | discredit, disesteem, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, insignificancy, opprobrium, shame, stigma |
| Notes: | contempt is a more engaged, more involved feeling of disapproval than disdain |
| Antonyms: | endorsement, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | miniature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny thing |
| Synonyms: | baby, insignificancy, midget, model, pocket edition, toy |
| Antonyms: | giant |
| Main Entry: | nobody/nonentity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person of little importance |
| Synonyms: | cipher, insignificancy, lightweight, menial, nix, nothing, parvenu, small potato, squirt, upstart, wimp*, zero*, zip |
| Antonyms: | somebody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nothing/nothingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emptiness, nonexistence |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, aught, blank, cipher, extinction, fly speck, insignificancy, naught, nihility, nobody, nonbeing, nonentity, not anything, nought, nullity, obliteration, oblivion, shutout, trifle, void, wind*, zero*, zilch, zip |
| Antonyms: | capacity, fullness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zero |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nothing |
| Synonyms: | aught, blank, bottom, cipher, insignificancy, love*, lowest point, nada, nadir, naught, nil, nix, nobody, nonentity, nought, nullity, oblivion, ought, rock bottom, scratch, shutout, void, zilch, zip, zot |
| Antonyms: | anything, being, something, thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zilch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nothing |
| Synonyms: | blank, diddly-squat, goose egg, hill of beans, insignificancy, nada, naught, not anything, nothingness, nought, void, zero, zip, zippo |
| Main Entry: | nobody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unimportant person |
| Synonyms: | cipher, insignificancy, lightweight, little guy, menial, nix, nonentity, nothing, nullity, parvenu, small potato, squirt, upstart, wimp, zero, zilch, zip, zippo |
| Antonyms: | VIP, somebody |
| Main Entry: | nothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emptiness |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, aught, bagatelle, blank, cipher, crumb, diddly, duck egg, extinction, fly speck, goose egg, insignificancy, naught, nihility, nix, no thing, nobody, nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence, not anything, nothingness, nought, nullity, obliteration, oblivion, scratch, shutout, trifle, void, wind, zero, zilch, zip, zippo, zot |
| Antonyms: | something |
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