not anything; no thing
in calculating, nought
Three from three is nothing
a thing of no consequence or significance
It was nothing for trains from the provinces to be five or six hours late — Muriel Spark
informal (used before a noun) of no value
a nothing person
what is non-existent
Nothing can be made out of nothing — Shakespeare
no truth or significance
There was nothing in the rumour
(+ of) no hint or trace of (something)
There was nothing of the shrinking violet about Helen
NAmer, informal used in emphatic contradiction
‘It's an improvement.’ ‘Improvement nothing!’
without pay or without paying
to no purpose
to be over-explicit or too revealing
severely indisposed or embarrassed
grotesque; outlandish
almost nothing; very little
not depressed or unnerved; undaunted
only
He's nothing but trouble
informal used to refuse cooperation
informal no progress
very definitely (a certain thing)
nothing if not a tryer
sheer; downright
That's nothing short of blackmail
not resembling (a person or thing) in the least
not nearly; by no means
nothing like complete
very little
no alternative; no other solution
nothing for it but to swim the river
insignificant in comparison with (something else)
Your astonishment is nothing to mine
no connection with (the person or thing mentioned)
not the business of (the person mentioned)
to be quite ruthless
humorous affectionate exchanges between lovers
it's perfectly simple
to despise (somebody or something)
to be unperturbed at (something)
think nothing of cycling 50 miles
used as a deprecatory response to thanks, etc