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Definitions
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- : no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- : no part, share, or trace: The house showed nothing of its former magnificence.
- : something that is nonexistent.
- : nonexistence; nothingness: The sound faded to nothing.
- : something of no importance or significance: Wealth is nothing if you're not healthy enough to enjoy it.
- : a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark: to exchange a few nothings when being introduced.
- : a person of little or no importance; a nobody.
- : something that is without quantity or magnitude.
- : a cipher or naught: Nothing from nine leaves nine.
- : : Think nothing of it. It's nothing. Nothing to it.
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- : in no respect or degree; not at all: It was nothing like that. Nothing dismayed, he repeated his question.
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- : amounting to nothing, as in offering no prospects for satisfaction, advancement, or the like: She was stuck in a nothing job.
Phrases
- nothing but
- nothing doing
- nothing if not
- nothing like
- nothing new under the sun
- nothing of the kind
- nothing short of
- nothing to do with
- nothing to it, there's
- nothing to sneeze at
- nothing to speak of
- nothing to write home about
- nothing ventured, nothing gained
- come to nothing
- count for (nothing)
- go for nothing
- have nothing on
- have nothing to do with
- here goes (nothing)
- in no time (nothing flat)
- leave a lot (nothing) to be desired
- make nothing of
- make something of (nothing)
- much ado about nothing
- not know beans (from nothing)
- not to mention (say nothing of)
- stop at nothing
- sweet nothings
- think nothing of
- want for nothing
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
In the meantime, he should just accept that the holdup has nothing to do with his politics.
The decision not to run the cartoons is motivated by nothing more than fear: either fear of offending or fear of retaliation.
It has nothing to do with the regulatory job he is nominated for.
“There is a heavy security presence but nothing has changed,” agrees Father Javier.
Nothing made Groucho funnier than having this Margaret Dumont around not understanding the jokes.
The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.
Nothing remarkable occurred in our march through this country.
It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.
"There is no more war," Brion translated for Ulv, realizing that the Disan had understood nothing of the explanation.