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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
- Tie your string well, or ill, and its length counts for naught.
- These set off a storm in the academic community, and they come to naught.
- So far, those diplomatic efforts have come 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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