nowhere

Syllables: no·whereUK/ˈnəʊ.wɛə//ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/

nowhere adverb: in no place.

Adverb

nowhere (not comparable)

In no place.
- Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.
- The keys are nowhere in the house.
To no place.
- We sat in traffic, going nowhere.
- If you forget to do this, your interlock circuit won't be made and you'll be going nowhere.

Adjective

nowhere (not comparable)

Unimportant; unworthy of notice.
- As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported.1872, “Reviews of Postal Publications”, in The Stamp-Collector's Magazine, volume 10, page 110
- Elinore was such a bitch, such a nowhere person.2008, Cricket Sawyer, Lavender Lust, →ISBN, page 180

Noun

nowhere (plural nowheres)

No particular place, noplace.
- They went on a cruise to nowhere.
- While they paced the platform of the station, they reviewed the career of misdemeanours—Nutley, Chiddiugstone, Midhurst, Penn, and many nowheres, and now Aylesbury.1912, Charles Inge, “Nemesis or Bad Luck?”, in The Windsor magazine, volume 36, page 95

nowhere meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

nowhere in Marathi

in no place: कुठेच नाही kuṭhec nāhī

nowhere in Urdu

کہیں نہیں

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nowhere in Bengali: কোথাও না kōthaō na
nowhere in Arabic: إِلَى لَا مَكَان ʔilā lā makān, فِي لَا مَكَان fī lā makān
nowhere in Persian: هیچجا hič-jâ, ناکجا nâkojâ, هیچکجا hič-kojâ, تورقوزآباد turquz-âbâd

Examples of nowhere in a sentence

He always allowed them to motivate him to a level of intensity to do better, rather than remain in a nowhere life in a nowhere place like Harlem.2012, Nicholas Borelli, Let No Man Be My Albatross, →ISBN, page 247:
On a warm summer's evening On a train bound for nowhere I met up with the gambler1976, “The Gambler”, Don Schlitz (lyrics):
Oh, not the middle of nowhere like the rest of Indiana, but a nowhere so flat and ugly you want to lie down in a ditch and never get up again.1996 Oct, Indianapolis Monthly, volume 20, number 2, page 115:

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Antonyms of nowhere

everywhere

Forms of nowhere

Adverb
alternative form (obsolete)	no where
Noun
plural	nowheres

Origin of nowhere

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc.

Words formed from nowhere

Phrases with nowhere

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Questions about nowhere

What does nowhere mean?: Nowhere means in no place.
What is nowhere in Hindi?: Nowhere in Hindi is कहीं नहीं (kahī̃ nahī̃). See Nowhere meaning in Hindi.
How do you use nowhere in a sentence?: He always allowed them to motivate him to a level of intensity to do better, rather than remain in a nowhere life in a nowhere place like Harlem.
What part of speech is nowhere?: Nowhere can be an adverb, an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce nowhere?: Nowhere is pronounced /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ (US).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nowhere (page history and authors); कहीं नहीं (Hindi) (page history and authors); nowhere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nowhere (Urdu Wiktionary) (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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