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zero

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nounnothing

Word Origin & History

c.1600, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic sifr "cipher," translation of Sanskrit sunya-m "empty place, desert, naught" (see cipher (n.)). A brief history of the invention of "zero" can be found here. Meaning "worthless person" is recorded from 1813. Zero tolerance first recorded 1972, originally U.S. political language.

Example Sentences for zero

On the 15th of June, the thermometer stood at 57 above zero.

The temperature must have been at least ten degrees below zero.

Faint shouts rose in the zero night, toots and sharp whistles.

From the confidence of victory now he had fallen to the zero of certain failure.

My spirits which had been down to zero had gone up with a bound.

Even the cat was valued; but he—he ...

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Synonyms for zero

noun nothing

nil
aught
blank
bottom
cipher
love
nada
nadir
naught
nix
nobody
nonentity
nought
nullity
oblivion
scratch
shutout
void
zilch
zip
insignificancy
lowest point
ought
rock bottom
zot

Antonyms for zero

VIP
somebody
anything
being
something
thing

More words related to zero

aught

noun. nothing

anything
cipher
zero
zilch

banal

adjective. commonplace

blah
bland
bromidic
clichéd
common
conventional
cornball
cornfed
corny
dull as dishwater
dumb
everyday
flat
hackneyed
ho hum
hokey
humdrum
insipid
mundane
noplace
nothing
nowhere
old hat
ordinary
pabulum
pedestrian
platitudinous
square
stale
stereotyped
stock
stupid
tired
tripe
trite
unimaginative
unoriginal
vapid
watery
wishy-washy
zero

bland

adjective. tasteless; undistinctive

banal
blah
boring
dull
dull as dishwater
flat
flavorless
ho hum
humdrum
insipid
milk-and-water
monotonous
nerdy
nothing
pabulum
sapless
tame
tedious
unexciting
uninspiring
uninteresting
unstimulating
vanilla
vapid
waterish
watery
weak
wimpy
wishy-washy
zero

boring

adjective. uninteresting

arid
bomb
bromidic
bummer
characterless
cloying
colorless
commonplace
dead
drab
drag
drudging
dull
flat
ho hum
humdrum
insipid
interminable
irksome
lifeless
monotonous
moth-eaten
mundane
nothing
nowhere
platitudinous
plebeian
prosaic
repetitious
routine
spiritless
stale
stereotyped
stodgy
stuffy
stupid
tame
tedious
threadbare
tiresome
tiring
trite
unexciting
uninteresting
unvaried
vapid
wearisome
well-worn
zero

drab

adjective. dull, colorless

arid
blah
bleak
boring
brown
characterless
cheerless
desolate
dingy
dismal
dreary
dry
dull as dishwater
faded
flat
gloomy
gray
grungy
lackluster
lusterless
muddy
murky
run-down
same
shabby
somber
subfuse
unchanging
uninspired
vapid
zero

feeble

adjective. not strong; ineffective

aged
ailing
chicken
debilitated
decrepit
delicate
doddering
dopey
effete
emasculated
enervated
enfeebled
etiolated
exhausted
failing
faint
flabby
flat
fragile
frail
gentle
helpless
impotent
inadequate
incompetent
indecisive
ineffectual
inefficient
infirm
insubstantial
insufficient
lame
languid
low
out of gas
paltry
poor
powerless
puny
sapless
sickly
slight
strengthless
tame
thin
unconvincing
vitiated
weak
weakened
weakly
wimpy
woozy
zero

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