nothing
Part of speech: pron
noun
adj
intj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: 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”).
Compound parts: no
thing
Inflected forms:
form: nuffin
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffin'
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffink
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuttin
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuttin'
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthin
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthin'
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthing
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nothin'
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nothink
pos: pron
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nothings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nuffin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffin'
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffink
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuttin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuttin'
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthin'
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthing
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nothin'
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nothink
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffin
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffin'
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffink
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuttin
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuttin'
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthin
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthin'
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthing
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nothin'
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nothink
pos: adj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffin
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffin'
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuffink
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuttin
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuttin'
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthin
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthin'
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nuthing
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nothin'
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
form: nothink
pos: intj
tags: alternative
nonstandard
Senses:
gloss: Not any thing; no thing.
pos: pron
tags: indefinite
pronoun
examples: Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on.
Nothing bad will happen, will it?
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.
the players see little or nothing of their cards at first starting
A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
gloss: An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
pos: pron
tags: indefinite
pronoun
gloss: Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: - What happened to your face?
- It's nothing.
Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.
Knuckles: The Egg Carrier is nothing compared to this!
gloss: A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A nobody (insignificant person).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Completely unimportant.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Dallas scored on what had seemed until then like a nothing play.
gloss: Lacking effort or commitment.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The cricketer played a nothing shot.
gloss: Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.
pos: intj
Synonyms: aught
blank
bupkis
cipher
dick all
diddly
diddly squat
diddly-squat
doodley-squat
doodly-squat
Fanny Adams
fig
FA
jack all
jackshit
jack squat
nil
nish
nitsky
nothing
nought
null
nuttin'
shit
squadoosh
sweet bugger all
sweet FA
sweet Fanny Adams
sweet fuck all
zero
zerosville
zipola
Antonyms: anything
everything
something
Related words: absent
empty
gone
hill of beans
row of pins
nonentity
nonexistent
vacant
vacuum
void
quantifier
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