naught

naught also nought  (nôt)

n.

1. Nonexistence; nothingness.

2. The figure 0; a cipher; a zero.

pron.

Nothing: All their work was for naught.

adj.

1. Nonexistent.

2. Insignificant.

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[Middle English, from Old English nwiht : n, no; see ne in Indo-European roots + wiht, thing; see wekti- in Indo-European roots.]

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naught

Noun

1. Archaic or literary nothing

2. Chiefly US the figure 0

Adverb

Archaic or literary not at all: I care naught [Old English nāwiht]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	naught - 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" goose egg, nada, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo, aught, cypher, cipher relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"
	2.	naught - complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught" failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"