non-existence

Main Entry:
nonexistence [non-ig-zis-tuhns]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nothingness
Synonyms: nihility, nothing, pettiness, smallness, unimportance, worthlessness
Main Entry: oblivion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nothingness, obscurity
Synonyms: blackness, darkness, eclipse, emptiness, extinction, limbo, nihility, nirvana*, nonexistence, nothing, nowhere, nullity, out there, void
Main Entry: nonentity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonexistent thing
Synonyms: cipher, nobody, nonexistence, nothing, small fry, zero, zilch
Antonyms: entity
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: naught
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: zero
Synonyms: cipher, insignificant, nonexistence, nothing, useless, worthless, zilch
Main Entry: nihility
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nothingness
Synonyms: nonexistence, nothing, pettiness, smallness, unimportance, worthlessness
Related Words
Main Entry: nonentity
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
absent, airy, annihilated, azoic, baseless, blank, defunct, departed, diriment, dreamy, empty, ethereal, eviscerated, exhausted, extinct, fabulous, gone, groundless, having no foundation, hollow, ideal, imperscriptable, inane, inanimate, inorganic, leaving no trace, lost, mineral, missing, negative, nominal, not any, not one, null, nullibiquitous, obliterated, omitted, perished, potential, shadowy, supposititious, toom, unbegotten, unborn, unconceived, uncreated, ungrounded, unmade, unproduced, unreal, unsubstantial, vacant, vacuous, vain, virtual, visionary, without foundation
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Negation.
Synonyms:
-nouns
negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal, disclaimer; abjuration; contradiction, contravention; recusation, protest; recusancy (dissent); flat contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial, dementi., qualification; repudiation; retraction; confutation; refusal; prohibition.
-verbs
deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head., disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant; revoke (abrogate)., dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question (doubt) [more]; give (one) the lie in his throat., deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie., repudiate; set aside, ignore [more]; rebut (confute); qualify; refuse.
-adjectives
denying; denied; contradictory; negative, negatory; recusant (dissenting); at issue upon.
-adverbs
no, nay, not, nowise; not a bit, not a whit, not a jot; not at all, not in the least, not so; no such thing; nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort; quite the contrary, tout au contraire, far from it; tant s'en faut; on no account, in no respect; by no, by no manner of means; negatively.
-phrases
there never was a greater mistake; I know better; non haec in faedera.
Antonyms: affirmation
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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Oblivion.
Category: 1. To the Past
Synonyms:
-nouns
oblivion, obliviousness, lethe; forgetfulness; obliteration of, insensibility to the past [more]., short memory, treacherous memory, loose memory, slippery memory, failing memory; decay of memory, failure of memory, lapse of memory; waters of Lethe, waters of oblivion., amnesty, general pardon.
-verbs
forget; be forgetful; fall into oblivion, sink into oblivion; have a short memory, have no head., forget one's own name, have on the tip of one's tongue, come in one ear and go out the other., slip memory, escape memory, fade from memory, die away from the memory; lose, lose sight of., unlearn; efface , discharge from the memory; consign to oblivion, consign to the tomb of the Capulets; think no more of (turn the attention from); cast behind one's back, wean one's thoughts from; let bygones be bygones (forgive).
-adjectives
forgotten; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind; buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion; clean forgotten; gone out of one's head, gone out of one's recollection., forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean; insensible to the past; heedless.
-phrases
non mi ricordo; the memory failing, the memory deserting one, being at (or in) fault.
Antonyms: memory
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