Naught Definition

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noun
Nonexistence; nothingness.
American Heritage
Nothing.
Webster's New World

Nought.

Webster's New World
The figure 0; a cipher; a zero.
American Heritage

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Zero.

Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
pronoun
Nothing.
Webster's New World

Nothing.

Wiktionary
adjective
Worthless; useless.
Webster's New World
Insignificant.
American Heritage
Wicked; evil.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adverb
Not in the least.
It matters naught.
Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Naught

  • set at naught

Origin of Naught

  • Middle English from Old English nāwiht nā no ne in Indo-European roots wiht thing wekti- in Indo-European roots

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

  • From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht, "no whit".

    From Wiktionary

Naught Sentence Examples

  • Perhaps this god-awful crawl in here wasn't for naught after all.

  • Sadly, all their attention was for naught.

  • Your investment would be for naught.

  • The Theban rulers decreed that only Eteocles should receive the honour of burial, but the decree was set at naught by Antigone, the sister of Polyneices.

  • Thus the highest idea is that of goodness; things are, only if they are good; being without well-being is naught.

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Words Starting With

NNANAU

Words Ending With

THTGHT

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