nonentity C2+ Topic:People & Society Also spelled non-entity US /nɑnˈɛntəti/ UK /nɒnˈɛntɪti/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person or thing of no importance; something that does not exist Before his book sold, he was a literary nonentity. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person or thing of no... nobodyciphernothingmediocritynullity ↔ Opposites celebritysomebodyentity Word family Related forms entitynonexistence Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + entity, from Late Latin entitas, from ens, ent- ('being'), present participle of esse ('to be'). entitas Latin esse Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nonentity **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /nɑnˈɛntəti/ **IPA (UK):** /nɒnˈɛntɪti/ ## Meanings 1. a person or thing of no importance; something that does not exist ## Examples - Before his book sold, he was a literary nonentity. ## Synonyms - nobody - cipher - nothing - mediocrity - nullity ## Antonyms - celebrity - somebody - entity ## Related Forms - entity - nonexistence ## Roots and Affixes - Root: entitas - Root: esse ## Etymology From non- ('not') + entity, from Late Latin entitas, from ens, ent- ('being'), present participle of esse ('to be'). ## AI Etymology Nonentity comes from non- ('not') + entity, from Late Latin entitas, from ens, ent- ('being'), present participle of esse ('to be'). The etymological trail includes Latin entitas and Latin esse. As a noun, nonentity means a person or thing of no importance; something that does not exist. The same family is visible in related forms such as entity and nonexistence. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives - Register & Style markdown