No Definition

noes, nos
adverb
Not.
Whether or no.
Webster's New World
Used to express refusal, denial, disbelief, emphasis, or disagreement.
No, I'm not going. No, you're wrong.
American Heritage
Not at all; not by any degree. Often used with the comparative.
No better; no more.
American Heritage
Not in any degree; not at all.
No worse.
Webster's New World
Nay; not so.
Webster's New World
noun
noes, nos
An utterance of no; refusal or denial.
Webster's New World
A negative vote, or a person voting in the negative; nay.
Webster's New World
The classical drama of Japan, with music and dance performed in a highly stylized manner by elaborately dressed performers on an almost bare stage.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
interjection
It is not so; nay.
Webster's New World
Used to express strong refusal, doubt, or disbelief.
American Heritage
It cannot be so.
Webster's New World
Emphatically not.
Webster's New World
adjective
Not any; not a; not one.
No errors.
Webster's New World
Not at all; not close to being.
He is no child.
American Heritage
Hardly any.
Got there in no time flat.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
abbreviation
North.
Webster's New World
Northern.
Webster's New World
Number.
Webster's New World
(electronics, of a relay) Normally open.
Wiktionary
The molecular formula for nitrogen dioxide.
In dynamic equilibrium with N₂O₄ - dinitrogen tetroxide.
Wiktionary
symbol
Nobelium.
Webster's New World
prefix

(slang) Placed before a word to indicate negation of that word.

Wiktionary
idiom
no can do
  • I (or we) cannot do it
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of No

Noun

Singular:
no
Plural:
noes, nos.

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to No

Origin of No

  • Middle English variant of non from Old English nān none ne not ne in Indo-European roots ān one one

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

  • Japanese talent, ability, No from Early Middle Chinese nəŋ be capable of, can, ability (also the source of Mandarin néeng)

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

  • Middle English from Old English ne not ne in Indo-European roots ā ever aiw- in Indo-European roots

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

  • Derived from the word no used in attributive phrases.

    From Wiktionary

  • Abbreviation of French word numéro.

    From Wiktionary