nothing
Syllables: noth·ing/ˈnʌtɪŋ/UK/ˈnʌθɪŋ/
nothing pronoun: not any thing; no thing.
Pronoun
nothing (indefinite pronoun)
- Not any thing; no thing.
- Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on.
- Nothing bad will happen, will it?
- An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
Noun
nothing (countable and uncountable, plural nothings)
- Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
- - What happened to your face?
- It's nothing. - Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC
- - What happened to your face?
- A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
- A nobody (insignificant person).
Adverb
nothing (not comparable)
- Not at all; in no way.
- Nothing too much out of the ordinary.
- Nothing dismayed, I repeated my query.
Adjective
nothing (not comparable)
- Completely unimportant.
- Dallas scored on what had seemed until then like a nothing play.
- Lacking effort or commitment.
- The cricketer played a nothing shot.
Interjection
- Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.
nothing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nothing in Hindi
- not any thing
- कुछ नहीं kuch nahī̃
nothing in Tamil
- not any thing
- எதுவும் etuvum, எதுவும் இல்லை etuvum illai, எதுவுமே etuvumē
nothing in Marathi
- not any thing
- काहीही नाही kāhīhī nāhī
nothing in Urdu
- not any thing
- کچھ نہیں kuch nahī̃
More languagesFewer languages
- nothing in Bengali
- কিছু না kichu na
- nothing in Telugu
- ఏమిలేదు ēmilēdu, ఏమీ ēmī
- nothing in Malayalam
- ഒന്നും onnuṁ
- nothing in Kannada
- ಏನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ ēnū illa
- nothing in Punjabi
- ਕੁਝ ਨਹੀਂ kujh nahī̃
- nothing in Gujarati
- કંઇ નહીં kãi nahī̃
- nothing in Odia
- କିଛି ନୁହେଁ kichi nuhẽ
- nothing in Sinhala
- කිසිවක් නැත kisiwak næta
- nothing in Nepali
- केही पनि छैन kehī pani chaina
- nothing in Pashto
- هیڅ شی
- nothing in Tagalog
- wala, wala lang
- nothing in Arabic
- لَا شَيْء lā šayʔ
- nothing in Malay
- tiada apa-apa
- nothing in Indonesian
- nol
- nothing in Persian
- هیچ hič, هیچچیز hič-čiz
- nothing in Thai
- ไม่มีอะไร mâi mii à-rai
- nothing in Vietnamese
- không có gì, không có chi, có gì đâu
- nothing in Myanmar
- ဘာမြှ bhahmra.
- Sindhi
- ڪجھ به نه kjh b ̃
Examples of nothing in a sentence
- There remains nothing more to be done.
- See? there’s nothing!
- Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all! Nothing at all! Nothing at all!
- Wage earners that resemble nothing so much as former southern slaves.
- Not only is nothing wrong, but there all kinds of ways things might get even better.
- the players see little or nothing of their cards at first starting1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
Synonyms of nothing
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- jack shit
- sod all
- fuck all
- dick
- nowt
- nothing of any consequence
- nothing consequential
- nothing important
- nothing significant
- something inconsequential
- something insignificant
- something of no consequence
- something trifling
- something unimportant
- aught
- blank
- bupkis
- cipher
- dick all
- diddly
- diddly squat
- diddly-squat
- doodley-squat
- doodly-squat
- Fanny Adams
- fig
- FA
- jack all
- jackshit
- jack squat
Antonyms
Forms of nothing
| Pronoun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nuffin |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nuffin' |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nuffink |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nuttin |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nuttin' |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nuthin |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nuthin' |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nuthing |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nothin' |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | nothink |
| Noun | |
| plural | nothings |
Origin of nothing
From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).
Words formed from nothing
- age ain't nothing but a number
- ain't nothing but a thang
- all-or-nothing
- and nothing of value was lost
- apropos of nothing
- as if nothing had happened
- benothing
- be onto nothing
- better than nothing
- bubble of nothing
- come to nothing
- dance on nothing
- dance upon nothing
- do nothing
- do-nothing
- double or nothing
- emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized
- to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing
- for nothing
- get-nothing
- go for nothing
- good-for-nothing
- good for nothing
- have nothing on someone
- have nothing on
- have nothing to lose
- here goes nothing
- hiding to nothing
- if nothing else
- in nothing flat
- it's nothing
- know-nothing
- leave nothing in the tank
- leave nothing to the imagination
- less than nothing
- make nothing of
- much ado about nothing
- neck or nothing
- next to nothing
- no nothing
- not for nothing
- nothing about us without us
- nothingarian
- nothing at all
- nothing ball
- nothingburger
- nothing-burger
- nothing burger
- nothing but
- nothing but net
- nothing-buttery
- nothing could be further from the truth
- nothing doing
- nothing else for it
- nothing for it
- nothing gold can stay
- nothing if not
- nothing is certain but death and taxes
- nothingish
- nothingism
Phrases with nothing
- did nothing
- say nothing
- does nothing
- done nothing
- nothing like
- doing nothing
- nothing balls
- nothing to it
- sweet nothing
- had nothing on
- has nothing on
- nothing to see
70 more phrasesFewer phrases
- came to nothing
- nick or nothing
- nothing burgers
- nothing special
- shot to nothing
- stop at nothing
- comes to nothing
- goes for nothing
- gone for nothing
- nothing personal
- nothing sandwich
- nothing short of
- shots to nothing
- stick at nothing
- stops at nothing
- stuck at nothing
- thing of nothing
- think nothing of
- want for nothing
- went for nothing
- coming to nothing
- danced on nothing
- dances on nothing
- going for nothing
- having nothing on
- nothing less than
- nothing more than
- sticks at nothing
- things of nothing
- thinks nothing of
- to say nothing of
- wants for nothing
- dancing on nothing
- hidings to nothing
- nothing sandwiches
- stopped at nothing
- thanks for nothing
- thought nothing of
- wanted for nothing
- danced upon nothing
- dances upon nothing
- had nothing to lose
- has nothing to lose
- nothing to see here
- nothing to sniff at
- sticking at nothing
- stopping at nothing
- think nothing of it
- thinking nothing of
- wanting for nothing
- dancing upon nothing
- nothing to sneeze at
- something and nothing
- there's nothing to it
- having nothing to lose
- much adoe about nothing
- nothing new under the sun
- nothing to choose between
- you ain't seen nothing yet
- nothing to write home about
- nothing succeeds like success
- nothing ventured, nothing gained
- something is better than nothing
- you will own nothing and be happy
- there is nothing new under the sun
- you can't get something for nothing
- you don't get something for nothing
- nothing could be farther from the truth
- nothing is said that has not been said before
- there is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
Questions about nothing
- What does nothing mean?
- Nothing means not any thing; no thing.
- What is nothing in Hindi?
- Nothing in Hindi is कुछ नहीं (kuch nahī̃). See Nothing meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use nothing in a sentence?
- There remains nothing more to be done.
- What part of speech is nothing?
- Nothing can be a pronoun, a noun, an adverb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nothing?
- Nothing is pronounced /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near nothing in the dictionary
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