Naught

Definitions: Naught

Naught

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"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it".

2. Complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "naught" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Naught

Contempt

Look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at; (unimportance); set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one;s fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise"; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas; laugh at; (be disrespectful).

Defiance

Verb: defy, dare, beard; brave; (courage); bid defiance to; set at defiance, set at naught; hurl defiance at; dance the war dance, beat the war drums; snap the fingers at, laugh to scorn; disobey.

Dereliction of Duty

Verb: violate; break, break through; infringe; set aside, set at naught; encroach upon, trench upon; trample on, trample under foot; slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail.

Disobedience

Verb: disobey, violate, infringe; shirk; set at defiance; (defy); set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of; take the law into one's own hands; kick over the traces.

Disrespect

Verb: hold in disrespect; (despise); misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; be disrespectful; Adjective:, be discourteous; treat with disrespect;Noun: set down, put down, browbeat.

Failure

Verb: fail; be unsuccessful; Adjective: not succeed; make vain efforts;Noun: do in vain, labor in vain, toil in vain; flunk; lose one's labor, take nothing by one's motion; bring to naught, make nothing of; wash a blackamoor white; (impossible); roll the stones of Sisyphus; (useless); do by halves; (not complete); lose ground; (recede); fall short of.

Indifference

Set at naught; (make light of); spurn; (disdain).

Insensibility

Verb: be insensible; Adjective: have a rhinoceros hide; show insensibility; Noun: not mind, not care, not be affected by; have no desire for; have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in; nil admirari; not care a straw; (unimportance) for; disregard; (neglect); set at naught; (make light of); turn a deaf ear to; (inattention); vegetate.

Nonobservance

Discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void; cancel; (wipe off).

Opposition

Verb: oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand; (resist); control; (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one;s voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face.

Rejection

Repudiate, scout, set at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away; send to the right about; disclaim; (deny); discard; (eject), (have done with).

Underestimation

Make light of, make little of, make nothing of, make no account of; belittle; minimize, think nothing of; set no store by, set at naught; shake off as dewdrops from the lion's mane.

Unsubstantiality

Nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody; never a one, ne'er a one; no such thing, none in the world; nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth; not a particle; (smallness); all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense; matter of no importance, matter of no consequence. thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter; nominis umbra, nonentity; flash in the pan, vox et praeterea nihil.

Zero

Noun: zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts, nixie, nix; zilch, zip, zippo; not a soul; ame qui vive; absence; unsubstantiality.

Crosswords: Naught

If not himself, then he has naught. ("My Way"; performing artist: Frank Sinatra)

A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. (references; author: Mark Twain)

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Books

• Naught for Your Comfort (reference)

• Naught to thirty-three (reference)

• We Fear Naught but God (reference)

  (more book examples)

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With this, my lord, myself have naught to do.

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Economic History

Afghanistan

Efforts by the UN, prominent Afghans living outside the country, and other interested countries to bring about a peaceful solution to the continuing conflict came to naught, largely because of intransigence on the part of the Taliban. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "naught": all for naught ♦ come to naught ♦ set at naught ♦ To go to naught ♦ To set at naught. Additional references.

Beginning with "naught": naught-excluding.

Ending with "naught": Do-naught, good-for-naught, M'-Naught, z-naught.

Albanian

i papërfillshëm (hole-in-the-wall, inconsiderable, negligible, niggling, pettifogging, petty, potty, trifling), i padobishëm (bootless, de trop, fruitless, good for nothing, ineffective, ineffectual, inutile, kill time, marginal, needless, ne'er do well, no earthly use, nugatory, otiose, riffraff, useless), hiçgjë (bagatelle, nought), hiç (nil, Nix, nobody, nothing, nought, ought, zero, zilch), as (Ace, neither, nor). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لا شىء (nil, nix, nothing, nought, scarcely), ‏تافه (banal, commonplace, contemptible, crummy, fade, fiddling, flat, foolish, footling, fractional, frivolous, frothy, good for nothing, inane, inconsiderable, insignificant, junk, light, lilliputian, little, lowbrow, measly, minute, negligible, niggling, nonsensical, nugatory, null, paltry, pedestrian, petty, piddling, pimping, piteous, pitiable, platitudinous, pointless, puny, ridiculous, run of the mill, silly, slight, slim, small time, smelly, stupid, trifle, trifling, trite, trivial, trumpery, two a penny, two bit, twopenny-halfpenny, unimportant, unsavory, unsavoury, unworthy, vain, valueless, vapid, vile, worthless), ‏صفر (beep, blow, cipher, hiss, hoot, nil, nought, pipe, toot, tootle, wheeze, whistle, yellow, zero), ‏جهض (abort, miscarry, outflank). (various references)

Bulgarian 

нула (cipher, goose-egg, love, nil, nonentity, nothing, nought, null, ought, peanut, zero), нищожен (exiguous, footling, insignificant, miserable, negligible, nominal, nugatory, outside, paltry, peddling, pettifogging, pygmy, shabby, trifling, trivial), нищо (negation, never mind, nil, none, nothing, nothingness, nought, ought), безполезен (baubling, bootless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, inutile, needless, no good, nugatory, otiose, pointless, sorry, superfluous, trashy, unavailing, unhelpful, up the spout, useless, vain, void, worthless), без стойност (hollow, inane, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny, valueless, worthless). (various references)

Chinese 

� 价值. (various references)

Czech

nula (cipher, love, nil, nothing, nought, ought, zero), nic (anything, nihil, nil, Nix, nothing, nullity). (various references)

Danish

nul (neutral, nought, null, zero, zilch). (various references)

Dutch

nul (nought, null, rest 0, zero, zilch), nihil (nil, nothing, nought, null, zero, zilch). (various references)

Esperanto

nulo (nought, null, zero, zilch). (various references)

Faeroese

null (nought, null, zero, zilch), einki (neither, no, nobody, none, no-one, nothing, nought, null, zero, zilch). (various references)

Farsi 

هیچ (Any, Ever, Never, Nil, Nix, None, Nothing, Nought, Nowise, Whit, Zero), نیستی (Nothing), نابودی (Ruin), عدم (Nonentity, Nought, Want), صفر (Nil, Nothing, Null, Zero), بی ارزش (Junky, Nothing, Punk, Rubbish, Tripe, Unvalued). (various references)

French

zéro. (various references)

German

Null (A condition, dead loss, nil, nonentity, nothing, nought, null, nullo, o, space, zero, zilch). (various references)

Greek 

μηδέν (blob, nil, nought, null, zero), τίποτε (aught, nil, nothing, nought), τίποτα (anything, nil, nothing, nought). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא כלום (nothing, nothing at all), אל (by, don't, no, not, to, toward, towards, unto), אפס (but, however, nil, nothing, nought, only, ought, zero). (various references)

Hungarian

zéró (cipher, duck, nothing, zero), nulla (aught, cipher, duck, nil, nothing, nought, null, o, zero), semmi (any, aught, beans, diddly, diddly-squat, eff all, nae, nil, Nix, none, not any, nothing, nothingness, nought, ought, sod all, to be no hope of sg, vacancy, zero, zilch). (various references)

Indonesian

nihil. (various references)

Irish

náid. (various references)

Italian

nulla; niente; zero, nulla (anything, nil, Nix, nothing), zero (cipher, cypher, nil, nought, null, scratch, zero). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

絶無 (nil, nothing), 無 (nil, nothing, zero). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぜつむ (nil, nothing), む (nil, nothing, six, zero). (various references)

Manx

neuhnee (nil, nonentity, nothing, nothingness), gyn veg, dyn ymmyd (dud, useless, void). (various references)

Norwegian

null (nought, null, zero, zilch). (various references)

Pig Latin

aughtnay.(various references)

Polish

zero (nought, null, zero, zilch). (various references)

Portuguese

zero (cipher, cypher, Nile, nonentity, nothing, nought, null, o, ought, pressmark, zero, zilch), nada (anything, damn, iota, nil, Nix, none, none of this concerns me, not an ace, nothing, nothingness, nought, null, ought, zero, zilch). (various references)

Romanian

nulã (cipher, nothing, nought, zero), nimic (anything, bauble, fillip, flea-bite, morsel, negation, nil, nonentity, nothing, nothingness, nought, stiver, trifle), nereuşitã (break down, fail, failing, failure, lame duck, miscarriage, Miss, phlizz, rottenness), neimportant (immaterial, insignificant, minor, unimportant), zero (cipher, duck's, love, morsel, nil, nobody, nothing, nought, null, zero), zadarnic (abortive, bootless, fruitless, futile, idle, ineffective, ineffectual, ineffectually, inexpedient, nugatory, otiose, sinful, to no end, unavailing, unfruitful, unnecessary, useless, vain), fiasco (abortion, failure, fiasco, wash out), eşec (abortion, check, defeat, discomfiture, fail, failing, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, lame duck, miscarriage, rebuff, repulsion, set back, wash out). (various references)

Russian 

нуль (cipher, nil, o, ought, zero, zeroes, zeros), ничтожный (exiguous, fiddling, lamentable, measly, nominal, paltry, picayune, pitiful, poxy, twopenny-halfpenny), ничто (negation, none, nothing, nought, o, ought, the negative sign, zilch), бесполезный (abortive, bootless, fatuous, feckless, fiddling, fruitless, futile, good for nothing, idle, inutile, needless, nugatory, of no avail, otiose, unavailing, unhelpful, unprofitable, useless, valueless, virtueless). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nula (duck's egg, goose-egg, love, nil, nought, null, zero), ništavnost (inanity, insignificance, insignificancy, naughtiness, nothingness, nullity, vileness), ništavan (inane, nought, nugatory, null, null and void, scampish, worthless), ništa (nil, nix, no, not at all, nothing), rđav (bad, ill, miserable, naughty, punk, rotten, unimprovable, wicked), gotovo ništa, bezvredan (brummagem, good for nothing, inconsiderable, rubbishy, useless, valueless, worthless). (various references)

Spanish

nulo (invalid, nil, null, rest 0, spoilt, void, zero), nada (any, aught, nil, Nix, none, not any the, not at all, nothing, nothingness, nought, nowt, peanuts), inútil (empty, good for nothing, helpless, needless, no go, of no avail, of no use, pointless, profitless, purposeless, unavailing, unfit, unprofitable, unserviceable, unsuccessful, unsuitable, useless, vain, waste, wasted), cero (cipher, cypher, duck, love, nil, nothing, nought, null, zero). (various references)

Swedish

nolla (cipher, dummy, lemon, nought, null, squirt, zero, zilch), noll (duck, duck's egg, love, nil, nought, null, rest 0, zero, zilch). (various references)

Thai

ความล้มเหลว (catastrophe, collapse, failing, failure, falling, flop), ศูนย์ (cipher, nought). (various references)

Turkish

sifir (nought, null, zero, zilch), sıfır (cipher, cypher, nil, nothing, nought, null, o, ought, zero), hiç (any, at all, aught, by any means, ever, far from, least of all, nary, ne'er, never, nil, Nix, no, no whit, none, not a dreg, not a whit, not an iota, not at all, not exactly, not in the least, nothing, nought, null, nullity, ought, whatever, whatsoever, zero, zilch). (various references)

Turkmen 

nol (r) (zero). (various references)

Ukranian 

кепський (bad, dying, miserable, moldy, mouldy, nasty, naughty, poor), ніщо (any, anything, negation, neither, nihil, nihility, none, nonentity, nothing, nothingness, nought, nullity, zero), нуль (blob, cipher, nihil, nil, nothing, nought, null, ought, zero), мізерний (bare, beggarly, feeble, insignificant, miserable, nominal, outside, paltry, pitiable, pokey, poky), марний (bootless, feckless, frustrate, futile, idle, needless, nugatory, of no effect, otiose, sleeveless, unavailable, vain), пропащий (gone), поганий (bad, bum, cheesy, deplorable, doggerel, ill, inferior, nasty, naughty, objectionable, one horse, punk, rubbishy, shady, sour, third rate, unlovely, weak), даремний (bootless, fatuous, footless, unpaid, useless). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vô ích (bootless, excrescent, futile, inutile, needless, unavailing, unhelpful, unnecessary, unrequired, unwanted, useless, vainly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "naught": naughtier, naughtiest, naughtily, naughtiness, naughtinesses, naughts, naughty. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Naught" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anagh, baughit, daught, laught, naff, Namuth, Naruhito, naug, naugh, naughts, naugt, naugut, naut, Nautt, Navuth, nawt, neight, nough, noughth, noughts, Nuang, nuat, unaught. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aught, gaunt, ghaut, haunt, unhat.

-2 letters: aunt, gaun, ghat, gnat, guan, hang, hant, haut, hung, hunt, tang, than, thug, tuna, tung.

-3 letters: ant, gan, gat, gnu, gun, gut, hag, hat, hug, hun, hut, nag, nah, nth, nut, tag, tan, tau, tug, tun, ugh, uta.

-4 letters: ag, ah, an, at, ha, na, nu, ta, uh, un, ut.

+1 letter: hangout, naughts, naughty.

+2 letters: hangouts, haunting, shantung, uncaught, untaught.

+3 letters: authoring, chaunting, hamstrung, naughtier, naughtily, onslaught, shantungs, shogunate, staghound, straphung, unhatting, wauchting, waughting.

+4 letters: agapanthus, claughting, draughting, exhausting, fraughting, hauntingly, naughtiest, onslaughts, outhearing, outshaming, shogunates, staghounds, staunching, sulphating, sunbathing, trauchling, unearthing, unlatching, unswathing, unteaching.

+5 letters: antihunting, authorising, authorizing, badmouthing, bequeathing, coauthoring, draughtsman, draughtsmen, dreadnought, euthanizing, glutathione, habituating, haircutting, handwrought, haughtiness, headhunting, highfalutin, humiliating, naughtiness, outcatching, outcharging, outcharming, outcheating, outcoaching, outlaughing, outmarching, outmatching, outreaching, outthanking, outwatching, parachuting, prognathous, thingumajig, unsheathing, unthreading, unwreathing, upgathering.

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