Definitions

no way

INTERJECTION

Synonyms

STRONGEST

negative

STRONG

nix

WEAK

absolutely not by no means never not at all not by any means

INTERJECTION

fat chance

Synonyms

WEAK

chance in a million ghost of a chance impossible no chance not a prayer poor outlook poor possibility poor prospect slim chance small chance snowball's chance in hell unthinkable very little chance when hell freezes over

INTERJECTION

nope

Synonyms

WEAK

absolutely not by no means nay negative never nix not at all not by any means nothing doing

ADVERB

hardly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barely comparatively practically rarely seldom simply somewhat

STRONG

just

WEAK

almost inconceivably almost not by a hair by no means detectably faintly gradually imperceptibly infrequently little no more than not a bit not at all not by much not likely not markedly not measurably not much not notably not noticeably not often not quite once in a blue moon only only just perceptibly pretty near scantly slightly sparsely sporadically with trouble

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently

WEAK

very

ADVERB

never

Synonyms

WEAK

at no time don't hold your breath forget it nevermore not at all not ever not in any way not in the least not on your life not under any condition

Antonyms

WEAK

always forever

Example Sentences

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"There's no way you can pay for that as a student - even when I want to watch as much good football as I can. It's nuts."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

And if you’re retired and no longer working, there is no way of making up the losses.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

“There’s no way they’re going to be cutting rates, I would say, this whole year. How could you?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Until the envelope was opened, Schlamminger had no way of knowing the true value his experiment had produced.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

There in front of us was the thick metal door with its three different locks and safeguards that we had no way of getting through.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

no way

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