zero

  • (s) indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
    • a zero score
    0,
  • (s) having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
    • the goal is zero population growth
  • (s) indicating an initial point or origin
  • (a) of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)

Nouns

  • (n) a quantity of no importance
    • it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
    • reduced to nil all the work we had done
    • we racked up a pathetic goose egg
    • it was all for naught
    • I didn't hear zilch about it
    aught, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zilch, zip, zippo, cypher, cipher,
  • (n) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number 0, cypher, nought, cipher,
  • (n) the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured zero point,
  • (n) the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing

Verbs

  • (v) adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
  • (v) adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
    • He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards
    zero in,

Synonyms

0 aught goose egg nada naught nil nix nothing null zilch zip zippo cypher cipher nought zero in zero point

Words of close approximity

Zea zed zee Zen zep
zeal zebu Zend Zeno zest zeta Zeus
zero coupon bond zero-coupon bond zero coupon security zero-coupon security zero hour zero in zero point zero-sum game zeroth zeroth law of thermodynamics zero tolerance zero-tolerance policy