| Main Entry: | nothing/nothingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emptiness, nonexistence |
Synonyms: |
annihilation, aught, blank, cipher, extinction, fly speck, insignificancy, naught, nihility, nobody, nonbeing, nonentity, not anything, nought, nullity, obliteration, oblivion, shutout, trifle, void, wind*, zero*, zilch, zip |
Antonyms: |
capacity, fullness |
| Main Entry: | rout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming defeat |
Synonyms: |
beating, clobbering, comedown, confusion, debacle, disaster, drubbing, embarrassment, flight, hiding, overthrow, retreat, romp, ruin, shambles, shutout, thrashing, trashing, upset, vanquishment, walkover, washout, waxing, whipping |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Main Entry: | zero |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nothing |
Synonyms: |
aught, blank, bottom, cipher, insignificancy, love*, lowest point, nada, nadir, naught, nil, nix, nobody, nonentity, nought, nullity, oblivion, ought, rock bottom, scratch, shutout, void, zilch, zip, zot |
Antonyms: |
anything, being, something, thing |
| Main Entry: | nothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emptiness |
Synonyms: |
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 |
Antonyms: |
something |
| Concept: | Zero. |
| Category: | 3. Indeterminate Number |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts [Ger.], nixie, nix; zilch, zip, zippo [slang]; not a soul; ame qui vive; absence; unsubstantiality.
-adjectives
not one, not a one, not any, nary a one [dial.]; not a, never a; not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot; not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.
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