pronoun1. (indefinite) no thing; not anything, as of an implied or specified class of things
I can give you nothing
2. no part or share
to have nothing to do with this crime
3. a matter of no importance or significance
it doesn't matter, it's nothing
4. indicating the absence of anything perceptible; nothingness
5. indicating the absence of meaning, value, worth, etc
to amount to nothing
7. be nothing to
8. have nothing to do with
9. have nothing on
10. in nothing flat
11. nothing but
12. nothing doing
13. nothing if not
14. nothing less than
15. there's nothing for it
16. there's nothing like
17. there's nothing to it
18. think nothing of
19. to say nothing of
20. stop at nothing
adverb21. in no way; not at all
she looked nothing like her brother
noun22. informal a person or thing of no importance or significance
23. sweet nothings
▶ USAGE Nothing normally takes a singular verb, but when nothing but is followed by a plural form of a noun, a plural verb is usually used: it was a large room where nothing but souvenirs were sold