English Explanatory Dictionary

nothing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. Not any thing; no thing.
  2. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
noun
  1. Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
  2. A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
  3. A nobody (insignificant person).
adv
  1. Not at all; in no way.
adj
  1. Completely unimportant.
  2. Lacking effort or commitment.
intj
  1. Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.

Pronunciation

/ˈnʌθɪŋ/ en-us-nothing.ogg /ˈnʌtɪŋ/ /ˈnʌʔn̩/ /ˈnʌfɪŋ/ /ˈnʊθɪŋ/ /ˈnʊθɪŋɡ/ /ˈnʊfɪŋ/ /ˈnʊfɪŋɡ/ /ˈnɐ̞θɪ̝ŋ/ /ˈnɐ̞θəŋ/

Word forms

nothing nuffin nuffink nuttin nuttin' nuthin nuthin' nuthing nothin' nothink nothings

Etymology

From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).

Synonyms

aught blank bupkis cipher dick all diddly diddly squat diddly-squat doodley-squat doodly-squat Fanny Adams fig FA jack all jackshit jack squat nil nish nitsky nothing nought null nuttin' shit squadoosh sweet bugger all sweet FA sweet Fanny Adams sweet fuck all zero zerosville zipola not a thing naught jack nada zip zippo zilch squat nix bugger all jack shit sod all fuck all dick nowt nothing of any consequence nothing consequential nothing important nothing significant something inconsequential something insignificant something of no consequence something trifling something unimportant

Antonyms

anything everything something

Related words

absent empty gone hill of beans row of pins nonentity nonexistent vacant vacuum void quantifier anything everything something thing

Derived words

age ain't nothing but a number ain't nothing but a thang all-or-nothing and nothing of value was lost apropos of nothing as if nothing had happened benothing be onto nothing better than nothing come to nothing dance on nothing dance upon nothing do-nothing do nothing double or nothing emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing for nothing get-nothing go for nothing good for nothing good-for-nothing have nothing on have nothing on someone have nothing to lose here goes nothing hiding to nothing if nothing else in nothing flat it's nothing know-nothing leave nothing in the tank leave nothing to the imagination less than nothing make nothing of much ado about nothing neck or nothing next to nothing no nothing not for nothing nothing about us without us nothingarian nothing at all nothing ball nothingburger nothing-burger nothing burger nothing but nothing but net nothing-buttery nothing doing nothing else for it nothing for it nothing gold can stay nothing if not nothing is certain but death and taxes nothingish nothingism nothing is said that has not been said before nothingist
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