Nothing Definition

nŭthĭng
nothings
pronoun
No thing; not anything; naught.
Webster's New World
No part, element, trace, etc.
Nothing of kindness in him.
Webster's New World
One of no consequence, significance, or interest.
The new nonsmoking policy is nothing to me.
American Heritage
Something of little or no value, seriousness, etc.; trifle.
Webster's New World
A person considered to be of no value or importance.
Webster's New World
noun
nothings
Nonexistence; nothingness.
Webster's New World
A thing that does not exist.
Webster's New World
Something of little or no value, seriousness, etc.; trifle.
Webster's New World
A person considered to be of no value or importance.
Webster's New World
A naught; zero; cipher.
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Antonyms:
adjective
Insignificant or worthless.
American Heritage
adverb
Not at all; in no manner or degree.
She looks nothing like her parents.
Webster's New World
(archaic) Not at all; in no way.
Wiktionary
idiom
for nothing
  • Free of charge.
  • To no avail:

    all that trouble for nothing.

American Heritage
in nothing flat
  • In very little time; very quickly.
American Heritage
nothing doing
  • Certainly not.
American Heritage
nothing for it
  • Nothing else to be done; no alternative:
American Heritage
for nothing
  • free; at no cost
  • in vain; useless(ly)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Nothing

Noun

Singular:
nothing
Plural:
nothings

Origin of Nothing

  • Middle English from Old English nāthing no no2 thing thing thing

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • no +"Ž thing

    From Wiktionary

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