naught

About 1.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. pronoun Nothing.

   Naught can come of this, you mark my words.

2. noun Nothingness.
3. noun Alternative spelling of nought.
4. numeral Alternative spelling of nought (“zero”).

Similar words

nix nil goose egg zilch nothing aught zip zero cypher cipher

Often followed by

but to of else the in for by and

Word family

naughts nought noughts