not at all
[ˈnɑɾəˈɾɔɫ]
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cot caught merger[ˈnɑɾəˈɾɑɫ]
not at all adverb: not even a tiny bit; not in any way.
Adverb
not at all
- Not even a tiny bit; not in any way.
- He's not at all friendly towards his ex-wife.
- Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- by no means, hardly, in no way, not in the least, not in the slightest, not the least bit, not the slightest bit, devil a bit
- Antonyms:
- a bit, a little bit, somewhat, in a way, to an extent
Interjection
- A conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.
- —Thank you for coming. —Not at all. Thank you for having me.
- Synonyms:
- don't mention it
- Don't worry about it (response to worry or an apology)
not at all meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Sanskrit
not at all in Hindi
- conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- कुछ नहीं kuch nahī̃
not at all in Tamil
- பாராட்டு, எடுத்துக்காட்டாக
not at all in Marathi
- not
- अजिबात नाही ajibāt nāhī
not at all in Sanskrit
- not at all, never
- नतराम् natarā́m, नतमाम् natamā́m
- not at all, all but
- मनाक् manā́k
More languagesFewer languages
- not at all in Arabic
- عَفْوًا ʕafwan, عَلَى الرُحْب وَالسَّعَة ʕalā r-ruḥb wa-s-saʕa, اَلْعَفْو al-ʕafw
- not at all in Persian
- اصلا aslan, به هیچ وجه be hêč vajh, حاشا و کلا hâšâ va kallâ, قابل نداشت qâbel nadâšt
- not at all in Thai
- ไม่เป็นไร mâi-bpen-rai
- not at all in Vietnamese
- chẳng, chả, cóc, không có gì
Synonyms of not at all
- by no means
- hardly
- in no way
- not in the least
- not in the slightest
- not the least bit
- not the slightest bit
- devil a bit
- don't mention it
- forget it
6 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- it's nothing
- no problem
- that's all right
- that's OK
- think nothing of it
- you're welcome
Antonyms
Questions about not at all
- What does not at all mean?
- Not at all means not even a tiny bit; not in any way.
- What is not at all in Hindi?
- Not at all in Hindi is कुछ नहीं (kuch nahī̃). See Not at all meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is not at all?
- Not at all can be an adverb or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce not at all?
- Not at all is pronounced [ˈnɑɾəˈɾɔɫ].
Words near not at all in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: not at all (page history and authors); not at all (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नतमाम् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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