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naught

noun
variants: also nought

Synonyms and Antonyms of naught

the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it

  • my locker number is naught-seven-two
Synonyms of naught

aught, cipher, goose egg, nil, nothing, o, oh, zero, zilch, zip
Words Related to naught

blank, void

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