nil
noun [U] /nɪl/Definition
› nothing: She claims that the operating risks are virtually nil.UK The challengers lost the game seven-nil (= zero).Something, anything, nothing, and everything
(Definition of nil noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anything pronoun (ANY OBJECT/SITUATION)
- anything pronoun (SOMETHING)
- caboodle noun
- diddly noun
- everything pronoun
- fresh adjective (RECENT)
- naught number (NOTHING)
- not a sausage idiom
- nothing pronoun
- nought number (NOTHING)
- nowt pronoun
- omni- prefix
- owt pronoun
- shebang noun
- thing noun (IDEA/EVENT)
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- whit noun
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