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nothing

/ˈnʌθɪŋ/noun, adverb2 syllables

Nothing means: a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential.

Synonyms for nothing28

noun, as in a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

also used for nothing

not a thing, jack, squat, bugger all, blank, bupkis, dick all, diddly, diddly squat, diddly-squat, doodley-squat, doodly-squat, Fanny Adams, fig, FA

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What does nothing mean?2

noun

1

a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential“it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”

adverb

1

in no respect; to no degree“he looks nothing like his father”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Nothing in a sentence

  • Nothing could be more reasonable, on the face of it.frpzzd
  • With the bridge destroyed, there was nothing to do but swim.LittleBoy
  • Now there is nothing but desert, where there used to be a fertile plain.al_ex_an_der
  • On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.Dejo
  • People who love doubt nothing, or doubt everything.pyrachi
  • In short, all our efforts resulted in nothing.CM
  • If it were not for water, nothing could live.CM
  • If it were not for air and water, nothing could live.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of nothing

as a noun

plural
nothings