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- DictionaryNaught/nôt/
pronoun
- 1. nothing: archaic "he's naught but a worthless fool"
noun
- 1. the digit 0; zero. North American
noun. variants or less commonly nought. 1. : nothingness, nonexistence. 2. : the arithmetical symbol 0 : zero, cipher. Synonyms. Noun. aught. cipher. goose egg. nil. nothing.
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nothing: All our efforts were for naught. All their plans came to naught (= did not achieve anything). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Something, anything, nothing, and everything. across-the-board. anything.
Naught is a word for nothing that is used in specific ways, usually when a project or effort comes to naught. Definitions of naught. noun. a quantity of no importance. “it was all for naught ”. synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo. see more.
nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure. a variant spelling (esp US) of nought. set at naught. to have disregard or scorn for; disdain. adverb. archaic. not at all. it matters naught. adjective. obsolete. worthless, ruined, or wicked. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of naught 1.
noun. 1. archaic or literary. nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure. 2. a variant spelling (esp US) of nought. 3. See set at naught. adverb. 4. archaic or literary. not at all.
1. archaicorliterary nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure. 2. (Mathematics) a variant spelling (esp US) of nought. 3. set at naught to have disregard or scorn for; disdain. adv. archaicorliterary not at all: it matters naught. adj. obsolete worthless, ruined, or wicked.
Jun 27, 2024 · naught. (chiefly US, old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought. (chiefly UK) zero. This Rolls-Royce saloon does naught to sixty in five seconds.
