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Nought means nothing or none, as in All of my efforts at winning the game were for nought because I lost badly.

Nought also refers to zero. For example, if your math class is in Room One-Nought-Seven, it is in Room 107. The informal term noughties for the decade of 2000–2009 comes from this sense.

Nought is an alternate spelling of naught, which has the exact same meaning.

Example: I had nought to do with breaking the lamp, but my mother still thought I was involved.��

The first records of nought come from before the 900s. It comes from the Old English ��ō���, a contraction �Ǵ���ne, meaning “not” or “no,” and ō�ɾ����, meaning “anything.”

Both nought ���Ի���naught are used interchangeably with the word nothing. They are also used in idioms that use nothing, as in “come to �Դdzܲ����,” meaning “to come to nothing” or “to fail.”

What are some other forms related to nought?

• naught (alternative spelling)

What are some synonyms for nought?

• nothing
• none
• nil
• zero

What are some words that share a root or word element with nought?��

• naught
• noughties

What are some words that often get used in discussing nought?

• nothingness
• failure

Nought is used as a synonym for nothing or zero.

Just learned Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito got back together last March so I guess my extreme year long depression has been for nought.

— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham)

Good thing I charged up the iPad or I'd have nought to do .. Yawn.

— Chris (@ozcjr)

Mezut Ozil had 0 (nought) touches in the first half.

— Max Rushden 💙 (@maxrushden)

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True or False?

If a person has done nought but complain, then they have done absolutely nothing besides complaining.