none
Absence of all
None means not any or no amount of something: None of the answers were correct, I wanted cake but there was none left.
It can refer to people: None were willing to volunteer.
Despite what some insist, none takes either singular or plural verbs depending on context—both none of them is ready and none of them are ready are standard.
None other than emphasizes surprising identity: The caller was none other than the president.
Not any thing
- zeroNumerical absence of quantity
- nilNothing whatsoever
- naughtNothing at all
- zilchInformal term for naught
nada · zippo · nix · denial · refusal · rejection · veto · no
Inconsequential person
- cipherHidden writing system
- zeroNumerical absence of quantity
- nothingNot any thing
- negligibleToo small to consider
inconsequential · unimportant · trivial · immaterial · irrelevant · worthless · meaningless · forgettable
Without legal effect
empty · devoid · bare · nothingness · desolation · blankness · vacuity · unmarked
Absence of matter
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- lackDeficiency or absence
- deficitAmount still owed
- voidWithout legal effect
gap · omission · exclusion · withdrawal · disappearance · nonattendance · absenteeism · truancy
Without legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- black-holeCollapsed star's remnant
- singularityPoint where values explode
- antimatterSubstance of antiparticles
oblivion · infinity · expanse · emptiness · formlessness · primordial · nihilism
nothing
Not any thing
zilch · nada · zippo · nix · denial · refusal · rejection · veto · no · not
nobody
Inconsequential person
negligible · inconsequential · unimportant · trivial · immaterial · irrelevant · worthless · meaningless · forgettable · anonymous
void
Without legal effect
barren · empty · devoid · bare · nothingness · desolation · blankness · vacuity · unmarked · untouched
vacuum
Absence of matter
void · gap · omission · exclusion · withdrawal · disappearance · nonattendance · absenteeism · truancy · unavailability
void
Without legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- black-holeCollapsed star's remnant
- singularityPoint where values explode
antimatter · oblivion · infinity · expanse · emptiness · formlessness · primordial · nihilism
- second to noneUnsurpassed in quality
- none of your business
- bar noneWithout any exceptions
- none the wiserStill not knowing
- none of the above
- having none of itRejecting something outright
nonetheless, nonexistent, nondescript, nonessential, nonpareil, nonentity, nonexistence, nonessentials, nonexclusive