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Noun: naught  not
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A quantity of no importance
    "it was all for naught"
    - nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught [archaic], cipher, cypher, goose egg, zero, zilch, zip, zippo [N. Amer]
     
  2. Complete failure
    "all my efforts led to naught"
Pronoun: naught  not
  1. Not any thing, nothing at all
    - nowt [UK, dialect], nothing, nought

Derived forms: naughts

Type of: failure, relative quantity

Encyclopedia: Naught