aught

Plural: aughts

Noun

• The digit zero; nothing.
• a quantity of no importance
  • "it was all for naught"
• Whit, the smallest part, iota.
• Zero.
• The digit zero.
• Estimation.
• Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").
• Esteem, respect.

Pron

• Anything whatsoever, any part.

Adv

• At all, in any degree, in any respect.

Verb

• Obsolete or dialectal form of ought

Num

• Obsolete or dialectal form of eight.

Examples

• a man of aught
• an event of aught
• in my aught
• My score for that disastrous turn was aught.
• Show some aught to your elders, boy.

Synonyms

cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo, ace, atom, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, dab, damn, dash, diddly, dot, drop, dusting, fleck, flip, flyspeck, glimpse, glint, grain, halfpennyworth, hint, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, scantling, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, semblance, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, whiff, whit

Related Words

naught, owt

Anagrams of aught