NAUGHT
Dictionary entry overview: What does naught mean?
• NAUGHT (noun)
The noun NAUGHT has 2 senses:
1. a quantity of no importance
2. complete failure
Familiarity information: NAUGHT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NAUGHT (noun)
Meaning:
A quantity of no importance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
zip; zilch; zero; null; nothing; nix; nil; naught; nada; goose egg; aught; zippo; cypher; cipher
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("naught" is a kind of...):
relative quantity (a quantity relative to some purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naught"):
nihil ((Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ))
bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams (little or nothing at all)
Meaning:
Complete failure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
all my efforts led to naught
Hypernyms ("naught" is a kind of...):
failure (an act that fails)
