for nothing
At no charge
For nothing means without payment or cost: They fixed my car for nothing.
It also means without result or purpose—effort that yields no benefit: All that work for nothing.
The phrase can express futility or waste: I didn't wait three hours for nothing.
In negative constructions, it affirms a reputation: She's not called the best for nothing.
Free or expressing praise
- no chargeWithout payment required
- costlessRequiring no payment
- pro bonoFree professional services
- on the houseGiven without charge
zero cost · gift · bonus · unpaid · voluntary · gratuitous · donated · charitable
Without achieving anything
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- to no availWithout achieving the goal
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- wastedUsed without good result
uselessly · purposeless · ineffectual · vain · futile · worthless · empty · hollow
complimentary
Free or expressing praise
on the house · zero cost · gift · bonus · unpaid · voluntary · gratuitous · donated · charitable · waived
in vain
Without achieving anything
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- to no availWithout achieving the goal
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
wasted · uselessly · purposeless · ineffectual · vain · futile · worthless · empty · hollow · unavailing
- futilefutile, useless, pointless, fruitless, vain
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, obliterated
for nothingproductively
With useful output
fruitfully · successfully · meaningfully · purposefully · effectively