Entry Word: zero

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it <anything multiplied by zero comes out to zero>

Synonyms aught, cipher, goose egg, naught (also nought), nil, nothing, oh, zilch, zip

Related Words blank, void

2 a person of no importance or influence <those snobs tried to make me feel like a complete zero> — see nobody