Nothing
Absence starting sentences
Nothing is the absence of anything—no thing, no amount, no part.
It works as a noun Nothing remains of the old house, a pronoun I have nothing to say, and an adverb meaning not at all He looks nothing like his brother.
Nothing often emphasizes insignificance: It was nothing, She's nothing to me.
In phrases, nothing carries weight: nothing doing refuses a request, nothing to it means something is easy, nothing short of means equivalent to.
As a noun, a nothing is a person or thing of no importance: He's a nothing, a nobody.
Without legal effect
State of being real
- beingExisting as something
- voidWithout legal effect
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- SartreFrench existentialist philosopher
existential · abyss · nonbeing · metaphysical · Heidegger · negation · emptiness · Buddhist
Informal term for naught
diddly · jack · bupkis · goose egg · bubkes · nowt · sweet FA · zero
Lacking significance or weight
- worthlessLacking any value
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
negligible · petty · minor · trifling · paltry · small · little · slight
void
Without legal effect
zero · nil · none · hollow · vacant · bare · empty · lack · devoid · barren
existence
State of being real
Sartre · existential · abyss · nonbeing · metaphysical · Heidegger · negation · emptiness · Buddhist · annihilation
zilch
Informal term for naught
squat · diddly · jack · bupkis · goose egg · bubkes · nowt · sweet FA · zero · nil
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- worthlessLacking any value
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
inconsequential · negligible · petty · minor · trifling · paltry · small · little · slight · marginal
whatever
Expression of apathy
- nevermindCasual conversational retraction
- forget itDismissive phrase ending discussion
- no big dealInconsequential matter
who cares · meh · shrug · indifference · brush off · disregard · dismiss · ignore · overlook · downplay
- Funny TownsClimax, Eek
- smartphonesSamsung, smartphone, cellphone, Google, mobile phone
- ShoegazeMy Bloody Valentine, Lush, Loveless, shoegaze, reverb
- Philadelphia IconsWill Smith, Kevin Hart, Patti LaBelle, The Roots, Questlove
Nothingsomething
An unspecified object or matter
everything · anything · all · plenty · abundance
Nothingeverything
The complete set
a great deal · importance · significance · substance · matter
- nothing butExclusively one thing
- doing nothingAbsence of activity
- nothing specialLacking distinction or note
- better than nothingPreferable to having none
- for nothingAt zero cost
- say nothingRefrain from speaking