nothing
nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
adverb
-
In no respect; to no degree
(
nothing
)
in no respect; to no degree
He looks nothing like his father
he looks nothing like his father
noun
-
()
A quantity of no importance
(
aught
, cipher
, cypher
, goose egg
, nada
, nil
, nix
, null
, zilch
, naught
, nothing
, zero
, zip
, zippo
)
a quantity of no importance
It looked like nothing I had ever seen before
it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
Reduced to nil all the work we had done
reduced to nil all the work we had done
We racked up a pathetic goose egg
we racked up a pathetic goose egg
It was all for naught
it was all for naught
I didn't hear zilch about it
I didn't hear zilch about it
pronoun
-
()
Not any thing, nothing at all
(
nowt
[Dialect, UK] , nada
[Informal, N. American] , naught
[Informal] , nix
[Informal] , nothing
, nought
[Informal] , zilch
[Informal] , zip
[Informal, N. American] , zippo
[Informal, N. American] )
not any thing, nothing at all