100 Other Words for “Nothing”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	a blank	an empty space
2.	a bust	a total failure
3.	a cipher	a person of no importance
4.	a dud	something worthless
5.	a flash in the pan	brief success, then nothing
6.	a goner	something beyond saving
7.	a joke	something not serious
8.	a lemon	a defective item
9.	a nonentity	someone insignificant
10.	a nullity	something without legal effect
11.	a wash	no gain or loss
12.	absence	the state of not being present
13.	air	something insubstantial
14.	anyone’s guess	unknown; no clear answer
15.	aridity	barrenness; lack of substance
16.	ashes	what remains after burning
17.	at a loss	without an answer
18.	banality	emptiness of meaning
19.	barely anything	almost nothing
20.	barrenness	lack of growth or results
21.	blank	empty; without content
22.	blankness	an empty state
23.	bupkis	nothing at all
24.	cipher	a nobody; a zero
25.	cluelessness	complete lack of knowledge
26.	cold comfort	little consolation
27.	diddly	nothing; very little
28.	diddly-squat	absolutely nothing
29.	didn’t amount to much	had little value
30.	dirt	something worthless
31.	dregs	the least valuable part
32.	dust	fine, lifeless particles
33.	emptiness	lack of content or meaning
34.	empty air	nothing substantial
35.	empty space	vacant area
36.	empty-handed	with nothing gained
37.	error	a miscalculation; no result
38.	evanescence	quick fading into nothing
39.	fade-out	gradual disappearance
40.	failure	lack of success
41.	fizzle	end without result
42.	flop	a complete failure
43.	fog	confusion; lack of clarity
44.	for naught	without effect
45.	futility	pointlessness; no result
46.	ghost of a chance	almost no possibility
47.	gone	no longer present
48.	hardly a thing	almost nothing
49.	hollow	empty inside
50.	hollowness	lack of substance
51.	idle talk	speech without meaning
52.	inconsequence	lack of importance
53.	insignificance	lack of meaning or value
54.	jack	nothing at all
55.	jack shit	absolutely nothing
56.	lack	absence of something
57.	less than nothing	worse than none
58.	little	a very small amount
59.	lost cause	hopeless effort
60.	mere air	something unsubstantial
61.	missing	not present
62.	nada	nothing
63.	naught	nothing
64.	nil	zero amount
65.	nix	nothing; none
66.	no dice	no success
67.	no joy	no luck; no result
68.	no soap	no chance; no success
69.	no such thing	it does not exist
70.	no-show	failure to appear
71.	nonexistence	state of not existing
72.	nonsense	meaningless talk
73.	nonstarter	something that cannot begin
74.	not a bean	not even a small amount
75.	not a bit	not at all
76.	not a damn thing	absolutely nothing
77.	not a drop	none at all
78.	not a glimmer	not the slightest hint
79.	not a jot	not the least amount
80.	not a lick	not at all
81.	not a peep	no sound or word
82.	not a shred	not even a trace
83.	not a sign	no evidence
84.	not a stitch	nothing at all
85.	not anything	nothing whatsoever
86.	not worth a cent	having no value
87.	nowhere	no place at all
88.	null	having no value or effect
89.	null set	set containing no elements
90.	oblivion	state of being forgotten
91.	out of thin air	from nowhere; without basis
92.	pointlessness	lack of purpose
93.	scratch	nothing gained; no progress
94.	silence	absence of sound
95.	smoke	something without substance
96.	squat	nothing at all
97.	the big zero	nothing; no score
98.	the void	empty nothingness
99.	thin air	something nonexistent
100.	trifle	a thing of little value