1. (

• nothing ,
• nil ,
• nix ,
• nada ,
• null ,
• aught ,
• cipher ,
• cypher ,
• goose_egg ,
• naught ,
• zero ,
• zilch ,
• zip ,
• zippo

) 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. (

• naught

) complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught" ;