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Zero

A cipher; nothing; naught.

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Cardinal 84% connected

Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cardinal 84% connected

Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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No 84% connected

Not any; not one; none.

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No 84% connected

Not any; not one; none.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ordinal 84% connected

Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ordinal 84% connected

Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 5

Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Digit 76% connected

One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Narrower term 1

Nihil 76% connected

Nothing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Cypher 74% connected

See Cipher.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cypher 74% connected

See Cipher.

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Synonym 9

Aught 92% connected

Alt. of Aucht

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cipher 92% connected

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cypher 92% connected

See Cipher.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Naught 92% connected

Nothing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nil 92% connected

Will not.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nix 92% connected

One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nothing 92% connected

Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nought 92% connected

See Naught.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Null 92% connected

Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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