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- [noh wey]
- /noʊ weɪ/
- /nəʊ ˈweɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [noh wey]
- /noʊ weɪ/
Definitions of no way words
- interjection no way refusal 1
- interjection no way disbelief 1
- noun no way no possible means 1
- phrase no way You can say no way as an emphatic way of saying no. 0
- exclamation no way used to make an emphatic refusal, denial etc 0
- adverb no way in no manner; not at all; nowise 0
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Origin of no way
First appearance:
before 1965 One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for No way
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
no way popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for no way
noun no way
- adjuration — a solemn charge or command
- brush-off — a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
- denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
- disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
- disproof — the act of disproving.
adj no way
- anti-climactic — of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
- anticlimactic — of, having, or like an anticlimax
- defeasible — (of an estate or interest in land) capable of being defeated or rendered void
- forget it — certainly not
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
adv no way
- by a hair — by a very slight margin, only just
- by no means — on no account; in no way
- don't hold your breath — sth is unlikely to happen soon
- faintly — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- hardly — only just; almost not; barely: We had hardly reached the lake when it started raining. hardly any; hardly ever.
adjective no way
- desponding — to be depressed by loss of hope, confidence, or courage.
- emasculate — Make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective.
- forceless — Without force.
- neutralised — Simple past tense and past participle of neutralise.
- neutralized — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisedt; Simple past tense and past participle of neutralize.
adverb no way
- detectably — In a way that can be detected.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- never — not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
- nevermore — never again; never thereafter: And nevermore were the elves seen in that town.
- nix — nothing.
interjection no way
- nixing — nothing.
- no — classic drama of Japan, developed chiefly in the 14th century, employing verse, prose, choral song, and dance in highly conventionalized formal and thematic patterns derived from religious sources and folk myths.
- not — (used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition): You must not do that. It's not far from here.
Antonyms for no way
adv no way
- after a fashion — If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well.
- anywise — in any way or manner; at all
- by hook or crook — by any means
- come what may — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
noun no way
- corroboration — the act of corroborating.
adjective no way
- defeatable — (rare) Capable of being defeated.
- governable — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.