nought

Examples

• All

• Living in the shadow of his successful family, he felt like a complete nought with no real achievements.

• Despite his great ideas, he was often treated as a nought in the discussions, overlooked by the others.

• Without that, all of your ideas will go to nought.

  Fiction book (1991)

• And nought else matters in this world but you and how my heart beats for you.

  Austenland (2013)

• We're nought but humble pirates.

  Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

• All that panic and hand-wringing on the part of publishers seems to be for nought.

  Blog text (20)

• My brilliant swordsmanship availed me nought!

  The Return of Jafar (1994)

• She always believed that anyone who rejected her ideas was simply a nought who did not understand their value.

Synonyms

N

nobody

vsnought

• Offensive

18 2.4

A person who is not important or well known

is archaic and not used in modern speech

N

nonentity

vsnought

• Offensive

3 8.1

A person who is unimportant and has no influence

refers only to a person and does not cover things

N

no-account

vsnought

• Offensive

2 8.9

A person who does not keep a steady job

means unimportant without the strong moral judgment of worthlessness

G

good-for-naught

vsnought

• Offensive

9.9

A person who does little work and is not useful

focuses on being unimportant rather than being useless or worthless

Antonyms

I

important person

50 1.8

A person whose actions or words change what happens for many people

S

somebody

1 1.0

A person who is not known

Idioms

B

to brought to nought

• Archaic

7.9

Make something fail completely so it has no effect

Compounds

A

aleph-nought

• UK

9.9

The number of all counting numbers that is the smallest kind of infinity

How Important

celebrity

480 2.3

public figure

51 3.5

notable

5 4.1

ordinary

5 2.0

nought

• Offensive

3 9.9

Surface Forms

Etymology