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Synonyms for null

  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

useless immaterial paltry extinct beingless void

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Useless — insignificant

useless, worthless, insignificant, immaterial, vain, paltry, trivial, ineffectual, idle, trifling

2. Zilch — absent or non-existent

non-existent, zilch informal US, extinct, beingless

3. Void — having no validity; "null and void"

void, invalid, nude

Other

sorry-ass slang

Noun

zero, nothing, nil, naught US, nought UK, zippo, goose egg informal, zip, cipher, cypher UK, aught, nix

Antonyms

valid, essential, paramount

All antonyms of null →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having no validity; "null and void".

  2. adj. 2

    Insignificant.

  3. adj. 3

    Absent or non-existent.

  4. n. 1

    A non-existent or empty value or set of values.

Related words

Word family
nullary nullectomy nullification nulliparous nullity nullspace
Phrases
null and void null morpheme null set null matrix null object null persistent null prefix null recurrent

Forms

Plural
nulls → zeros, nothings, nils, naughts…

Example sentences

  • useless There's nothing in here but a lot of useless junk.
  • immaterial Age is immaterial, unless you're a bottle of wine.
  • paltry These shoes cost me the paltry sum of ten euros.
  • extinct Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago.
  • void The beach was completely void of any other people.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
nullrising
uselesssteady
immaterialfalling
paltryrising
extinctsteady
beinglesssteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
zip1, nil1, nix1
4 letters
zero2, void1, nude1, vain1, idle2
5 letters
zilch1, zippo2, aught1
6 letters
cipher2, naught1, paltry2, cypher2, nought
7 letters
nothing2, useless2, invalid3, trivial3, extinct2
8 letters
trifling2
9 letters
worthless2, beingless
10 letters
immaterial5
11 letters
ineffectual5
13 letters
insignificant5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (zero2 = 2 syllables).