nothing

n

1. naught, none, none whatsoever, nothing at all, nothing under the sun, nothing on earth; no such thing, nil, Sl. nix, Sl. zilch, Sl. scratch, Sl. squat, Sl. diddly, Sl. diddly-squat; Latin, nihil, Fr. hen, Sp. nada, Ger. nichts, Russ. nichevo.

2. no trace, no sign, no mark, no trail; no hint, no clue, no scent, no whiff, no smell; no part, no share, not any, not a bit, not a scrap, Inf. not a lick, all gone, the last drop; not a speck, not an ounce, not a thing, Inf. not a blessed thing, not a particle.

3. nothingness, nullity, nihility, nonexistence. See nothingness(def.1).

4. unimportance, insignificance, inconsequentiality, triviality, frivolity; worthlessness, nugacity, emptiness, pointlessness, superficiality; uselessness, ineffectually, ineffectiveness, valuelessness; immateriality, inconsiderableness, inappreciableness; trifling, dalliance, inessential, no great matter, no big thing, mere nothing, technicality; trivia, details, fiddle-faddle, red tape, air, hot air; bagatelle, trinket, trumpery, gim-crack, gewgaw, whimwham, knickknack, bauble.

5. nobody, unimportant person, obscurity, mediocrity, Inf. nobody much; insignificancy, common man, man on the street, little man, little guy; jackstraw, dummy, lay figure, Sl. nebbish, Sl. schlepp, squirt, pip-squeak; second fiddle, no great shakes, small fry, Sl. small potatoes, little fish in a big pond; John Doe, Richard Roe, John Q. Public, (in England)John Bull, Joe Blow.

6. cipher, zero, aught, naught, no runs, no score, no tally; Sl. zip, Sl. goose egg, Sl. the big 0, Cricket Sl. duck, Tennis. love.

7. for nothinga. free, gratis, no charge, without charge; gratuitously, for free, for the love of it.b. for no reason, unthinkingly, reasonlessly, unreasoningly; impulsively, rashly, quickly, impetuously.c. futile-ly, vainly, needlessly, unnecessarily, uselessly, purposelessly; to no avail, to no purpose, to little purpose.

8. make nothing ofa. treat lightly, think nothing of, think no more of, overlook, dismiss, forget; take it easy, don't bother about it, don't give it a second thought, don't give it another thought, put out of mind.b. not comprehend, not understand, find hard to understand, find hard to grasp; not get the idea, Sl. not dig, not know what to make of, not get it through one's head; not be able to make heads or tails of, not see the forest for the trees.

adv

9. not at all, in no degree, not in the least, never; noway, noways, nowise, by no means, Inf. no how; not nearly, nowhere near, not by a long shot, by no stretch of the imagnination; on no account, in no respect, under no circumstances, in no case.

10. nothing but only, solely, simply, merely; plainly, just, barely, purely.