Nothing meaning

What does “nothing” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“nothing” is a noun and adverb with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a quantity of no importance.

nothing

noun

  1. a quantity of no importance

    “it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”

    “reduced to nil all the work we had done”

adverb

  1. in no respect; to no degree

    “he looks nothing like his father”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University