naught meaning and definition

NAUGHT noun

Definition of naught (noun)

1. a quantity of no importance
   • "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
   • synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
2. complete failure
   • "all my efforts led to naught"