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| Main Entry: |
naught
 [nawt] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | zero |
| Synonyms: | cipher, insignificant, nonexistence, nothing, useless, worthless, zilch |
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| Main Entry: | nil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonexistent |
| Synonyms: | naught, nihil, nix, none, nothing, nought, zero |
| Antonyms: | existent, existing |
| 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
Example Sentences
- So far, it appears that their efforts have come to naught.
- But his boldness will come to naught if it is not followed up by efficient execution.
- Club has had before it all sorts of plans and numerous sites were looked over, but the efforts of the committee came to naught.
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | nullity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nothing |
| Synonyms: | cipher, naught, nonentity, zero, zilch |
| Main Entry: | diddly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nothing |
| Synonyms: | anything, diddly-squat, doodly-squat, iota, jack, nada, naught, ounce, shred, squat, whit |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Zero. |
| Category: | 3. Indeterminate Number |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts [Ger.], nixie, nix; zilch, zip, zippo [slang]; not a soul; ame qui vive; absence; unsubstantiality.
-adjectives
not one, not a one, not any, nary a one [dial.]; not a, never a; not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot; not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.
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