no thing; not anything; naught

to say nothing.

no part, share, or trace (usually fol. by of )

The house showed nothing of its former magnificence.

something that is nonexistent.

nonexistence; nothingness

The sound faded to nothing.

something or someone of no importance or significance

Money is nothing when you're without health.

a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark

to exchange a few nothings when being introduced.

a person of little or no importance; a nobody.

something that is without quantity or magnitude.

a cipher or naught

Nothing from nine leaves nine.

(used in conventional responses to expressions of thanks)

Think nothing of it. It's nothing. Nothing to it.

in no respect or degree; not at all

It was nothing like that. Nothing dismayed, he repeated his question.

amounting to nothing, as in offering no prospects for satisfaction, advancement, or the like

She was stuck in a nothing job.

for nothing

free of charge.

for no apparent reason or motive.

futilely; to no avail

They had gone to a great deal of expense for nothing.

in nothing flat

in very little time

Dinner was finished in nothing flat.

make nothing of

to treat lightly; regard as easy.

to be unsuccessful in comprehending

He could make nothing of the complicated directions.

nothing but

nothing other than; only

We could see nothing but fog.

nothing doing

Informal . emphatically no; certainly not.

no activity, inducement, advantage, etc., present to the eye

We drove through the town but there seemed to be nothing doing.

nothing less than or short of

absolutely; completely

She was used to nothing less than the best.

think nothing of

to treat casually.

to regard as insignificant

He thinks nothing of lying to conceal his incompetence.

noun

something

noun

annihilation , aught , bagatelle , blank , cipher , crumb , diddly , duck egg , extinction , fly speck , goose egg , insignificancy , naught , nihility , nix , no thing , nobody , nonbeing , nonentity , nonexistence , not anything , nothingness , nought , nullity , obliteration , oblivion , scratch , shutout , trifle , void , wind , zero , zilch , zip , zippo , zot , nil , null , nebbish , free , nada , nihil , non-existence , none , trivia , triviality , useless , vacuity , vacuum

adjective

drossy , good-for-nothing , inutile , no-good , valueless