naught
Sum of emptiness
Naught means nothing or zero.
It appears in set phrases: come to naught (fail), all for naught (pointless), set at naught (disregard).
In British English, naught is also the digit zero, while Americans typically use nought for that sense.
The word sounds literary or old-fashioned in casual speech.
Not any thing
Absence of substance
- voidWithout legal effect
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
nonexistence · absence · nihilism · blankness · nullity · vacuity · nonbeing · nowhere
Unimportant small matter
- worthlessnessLack of any value
- futilityLack of purpose
- valuelessnessAbsence of any worth
- pointlessnessState of lacking meaning
uselessness · inconsequence · unimportance · fruitlessness · ineffectuality · meaninglessness · irrelevance · negligibility
Moral corruption or evil
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
- sinViolation of divine law
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
nothing
Not any thing
duck · love · zilch · zip · zippo · nada · null · none · digit · numeral
emptiness
Absence of substance
oblivion · nonexistence · absence · nihilism · blankness · nullity · vacuity · nonbeing · nowhere · limbo
triviality
Unimportant small matter
- worthlessnessLack of any value
- futilityLack of purpose
- valuelessnessAbsence of any worth
pointlessness · uselessness · inconsequence · unimportance · fruitlessness · ineffectuality · meaninglessness · irrelevance · negligibility · emptiness
wickedness
Moral corruption or evil
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
- sinViolation of divine law
mischief · badness · immorality · transgression · waywardness
naughtall
The complete quantity
everything · something · totality · entirety · the whole
naughtworth
Degree of importance
value · significance · importance · substance · consequence
- naughty listSanta's record of misbehavers
- naughty wordsTaboo vocabulary
- naughty bitsEuphemism for genitalia
- come to naughtResult in nothing achieved
- naughty stepChild discipline perch
- naughty jokesHumor with inappropriate content