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zilch

zilch
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [zilch]
    • /zɪltʃ/
    • /zɪltʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [zilch]
    • /zɪltʃ/

Definitions of zilch word

  • noun zilch zero; nothing: The search came up with zilch. 1
  • noun zilch Nothing. 1
  • noun zilch zero, nothing 1
  • pronoun zilch Zilch means nothing. 0
  • noun zilch nothing 0
  • noun zilch nil 0
See all 7 definitions of zilch

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Origin of zilch

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
1965-70, Americanism; perhaps continuous with earlier zilch snafu, Mr. Zilch a character in Ballyhoo, a humor magazine first published in 1931; for sense cf. zip3

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Parts of speech for Zilch

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Zilch

zilch popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for zilch

noun zilch

  • nothing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • nil — nothing; naught; zero.
  • zero — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
  • zip — zip code.
  • zippo — (slang) None whatsoever.

pronoun zilch

  • none — to no extent; in no way; not at all: The supply is none too great.
  • not a bit — not at all

adjective zilch

  • puny — of less than normal size and strength; weak.
  • peewee — very small; tiny.
  • unimportant — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
  • zipper — Also called slide fastener. a device used for fastening clothing, valises, etc., consisting of two toothed tracks or spiral metal or plastic coils, each bordering one of two edges to be joined, and a piece that either interlocks or separates them when pulled.
  • small fry — child
All 26 Synonyms of zilch

Antonyms for zilch

noun zilch

  • tarn — a department in S France. 2232 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Albi.
  • all — You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind.
  • whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
  • across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
  • integer — Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
All 6 Antonyms of zilch

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