no

adv

1. not at all, to no extent, not, in no respect, not so, Fr. pas du tout; far from being, far from, anything but, by no means, God forbid; noway, noways, nowise, not in the least, Inf. no how, nothing of the kind or sort; not nearly, nowhere near, not by a long shot, by no stretch of the imagination; on no account, in no case; in no way, shape or form; under no circumstances, not in a million years.

2. nay, no indeed, no sir, no ma'am, Inf. no siree, Inf. no siree bob; Sl. uh-uh, Inf. nope, Sl. naw, Sl. nah, Sl. forget it, Inf. nothing doing, no way, no, no, a thousand times no; never, not on your life, absolutely not, certainly not, not really, are you kidding; on no account, to or on the contrary, Fr. au contraire; negative, Citizens' Band Radio Sl. negatory, Pig Latin. ix-nay; Ger. nein, Fr. non, It. no, Russ. nyet; count me out, over my dead body, Sl. like hell I will, out of the question, far be it from me; I won't, I will not, I refuse.

n

3. denial, refusal, rejection, turndown, disapproval; rebuff, repulse, declination; repudiation, disclaimer, Rhet. apophasis, recantation, retraction; forbiddance, proscription, prohibition, disapproval, Inf. no-go.

4. negative vote, nay, thumbs down, U.S.Bronx cheer; veto, objection, contravention, protest, refutation, answer; disagreement, dissent, demur, demurral.

adj

5. not any, no more, none, not one, not a one, nary.