English - Alternative Forms

• (nonstandard) nuffin, nuffink, nuttin'

English - Etymology

no +‎ thing

English - Pronunciation

• enPR: nŭth'ĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ʌθɪŋ
• Hyphenation: noth‧ing

English - Pronoun

Wikipedia nothing

1. Not any thing; no thing.
2. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
3. (slang, in double negatives) Anything

   I didn't see nothing. [= I didn't see anything].

Synonyms

• (not any thing):
  • (standard): not a thing
  • (slang): jack, nada, zip
  • (vulgar slang): bugger all, jack shit, sod all (British), fuck all
  • (Northern English dialect): nowt

See Wikisaurus:nothing

• (something trifling): nothing of any consequence, nothing consequential, nothing important, nothing significant, something inconsequential, something insignificant, something of no consequence, something trifling, something unimportant

Antonyms

• anything
• everything
• something

Translations

English - Noun

nothing (plural nothings)

1. Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.

   What happened to your face? — It's nothing.

   • Jeremy Taylor

     Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.

2. A trivial remark (especially in the term sweet nothings).
3. A nobody (insignificant person).

   You're nothing to me now!

English - Adverb

nothing (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Not at all; in no way.

English - See Also

• nobody, no one
• nowhere

English - References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

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