US /nɪl/ UK /nɪl/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    nothing; zero, especially as a score

    The home team won three goals to nil.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · nothing; zero, especially... nothingzerononenaughtzilchnought
Opposites
Word family
Related forms nihilannihilatenihilism

Etymology

From Latin nil, a contraction of nihil ('nothing'), from ne- ('not') + hilum ('a trifle, small thing').

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