zero
Roget category 101
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.5. Number
›› 1.5.3. Indeterminate number
#101.
Zero
noun
zero,
nothing —
null,
nul,
naught,
nought,
void —
cipher,
goose egg —
none,
nobody,
no one —
nichts [G.],
nixie [Slang],
nix [Slang] —
zilch [Slang],
zip [Slang],
zippo [Slang] —
not a soul —
ame qui vive [Fr.] —
absence
etc.
187 —
unsubstantiality
etc.
4†.
adjective
not one,
not a one,
not any,
nary a one [Dial.] —
not a,
never a —
not a whit of,
not an iota of,
not a drop of,
not a speck of,
not a jot —
not a trace of,
not a hint of,
not a smidgen of,
not a suspicion of,
not a shadow of,
neither hide nor hair of.
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