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next to nothing

next to noth·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nekst too nuhth-ing]
    • /nɛkst tu ˈnʌθ ɪŋ/
    • /nekst tuː ˈnʌ.θɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nekst too nuhth-ing]
    • /nɛkst tu ˈnʌθ ɪŋ/

Definition of next to nothing words

  • noun next to nothing very little 1

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Parts of speech for Next to nothing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

next to nothing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for next to nothing

adj next to nothing

  • least — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
  • microcosmic — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).

adjective next to nothing

  • feeblest — Superlative form of feeble.
  • fewest — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
  • gutter — a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
  • meanest — occupying a middle position or an intermediate place, as in kind, quality, degree, or time: a mean speed; a mean course; the mean annual rainfall.
  • minutest — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.

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