nothing

1 a person of no importance or influence his friends couldn't understand why he'd want to marry a girl who was an obvious nothing Synonyms cipher, dwarf, half-pint, insect, insignificancy, lightweight, morsel, nonentity, nobody, nullity, number, pip-squeak, pygmy (also pigmy), shrimp, snippersnapper, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilchRelated Words no-name, noncelebrity; least; inferior, mediocrity, obscurity; figurehead, puppet; nonpersonNear Antonyms chief, head, lead, leader; celebrity, luminary, notable, personality, planet, star, superstar; authority, superior; great power, party, powerAntonyms big shot, big wheel, bigwig, eminence, figure, kahuna, kingpin, magnate, nabob, personage, somebody, VIP

2 something of little importance you're always worrying about nothing Synonyms bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, trifle, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, trivialityRelated Words naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace

3 the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it two minus two equals nothing Synonyms aught, cipher, goose egg, naught (also nought), nil, zero, o, oh, zilch, zipRelated Words blank, void