nowhere
- noun
- /ˈnoʊˌwɛr/
- Believe me, it is a nowhere road.
- Middle of Nowhere
- Road to Nowhere
- Nowhere town
Why is the chase for happiness not like a race to nowhere?
- Why is the chase for happiness not like a race to nowhere?
- And I'm just here in the middle of absolutely nowhere.
- I said, uh, for, for mines, just being out here in nowhere, I don't see a lot of security.
- I'll get on a boat to nowhere if those are my superheroes, dude.
Examples
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We found ourselves lost in a barren area with nothing around except for the feeling of being in nowhere.
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When we started with We Were Nowhere, people were all over the map.
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Overall, we find the effort to lose no battle, but nowhere to win one.
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Nowhere else has so many opportunities, and nowhere else keeps quite as many doors open just enough.
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Who but an unbaptized fool would live in such a nowhere town?
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Humorlessly, he insists: my life is stuck forever in this nowhere room.
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It's a nowhere road.
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In this nowhere cafe
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The small village was so remote that it seemed like it existed in nowhere.
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After driving for hours, we realized we were in nowhere with no signs of civilization.
Synonyms
A place far from towns and people
A made-up perfect place that exists only in dreams
A very far away empty place with nothing there
A very remote place far from towns or cities
A place that exists only in your mind, often in stories
A place that exists only in the mind or in stories
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Etymology
As a noun, nowhere comes from now and where and keeps the idea 'no place'. It is used for a very small or unimportant place, which is why we say someone came 'out of nowhere'.