Definition of nothing Nothing

/nʌˈθɪŋ/ - [nuthing] - noth•ing

We found 22 definitions of nothing from 8 different sources.

What does nothing mean?

Noun Plural: nothings
nothing - a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
		nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
		relative quantity a quantity relative to some purpose
Adverb
nothing - in no respect; to no degree; "he looks nothing like his father"

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nothing (n.)
Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something.
nothing (n.)
Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness.
nothing (n.)
A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
nothing (n.)
A cipher; naught.
nothing (adv.)
In no degree; not at all; in no wise.

nothing
nuth′ing, n. no thing: non-existence: absence of being: a low condition: no value or use: not anything of importance, a trifle: utter insignificance, no difficulty or trouble: no magnitude: a cipher.—adv. in no degree: not at all.—adj. and n. Nothingā′rian, believing nothing.—ns. Nothingā′rianism; Noth′ing-gift (Shak.), a gift of no value; Noth′ingism, nihility; Noth′ingness, state of being nothing or of no value: a thing of no value.—Nothing but, no more than: only; Nothing less than, equal to: as much as.—Come to nothing, to have no result: to turn out a failure; Make nothing of, to consider as of no difficulty or importance; Neck or nothing (see Neck); Next to nothing, almost nothing. [No and thing.]