Antonyms for noughts

Grammar : Noun

Spell : nawt

Phonetic Transcription : nɔt

Definition of noughts

Origin : Old English nowiht "nothing," variant of nawiht (see naught). Meaning "zero, cipher" is from early 15c. Expression for nought "in vain" is late 13c. To come to nought is from 1590s.

As in nothing/nothingness : noun emptiness, nonexistence
As in zero : noun nothing
As in zilch : noun nothing
As in nothing : noun emptiness
As in cipher : noun zero; nothingness

Example sentences :

He filled in the figure two below, and straggling 28 noughts for the cents.
Extract from : « The Scarlet Feather » by Houghton Townley

I will not insert the first figure; but two noughts followed it.
Extract from : « Bibliomania; or Book-Madness » by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

The wise men in a nation are as the units with the noughts in front of them.
Extract from : « Prose Fancies (Second Series) » by Richard Le Gallienne

The lighted streets, crossing at right angles, formed a pattern below them like the diagram for the game of noughts and crosses.
Extract from : « Round the World in Seven Days » by Herbert Strang

"Noughts and Crosses" is playable anywhere; all that is needed is a piece of paper—a newspaper will do—and a pencil.
Extract from : « What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes » by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A blank book for "Noughts and Crosses," with the framework all ready, can now be obtained.
Extract from : « What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes » by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

This game is called “Noughts and Crosses,” in London, probably from those marks being used in the game.
Extract from : « The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol II of II) » by Alice Bertha Gomme

In seven years and one month he insists on that very thing, and votes for it, with his crowd of noughts behind him.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

He spent his time trying to persuade Strang to take an interest in Noughts and Crosses.
Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 1 » by Compton Mackenzie

I've no doubt you'll find the place carpeted with zeros and hung with noughts and ciphers.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

Synonyms for noughts

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