ALL meanings of nothing but
noth·ing but
N n - adverb nothing but only 1
- noun nothing but no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing. 1
- noun nothing but no part, share, or trace (usually followed by of): The house showed nothing of its former magnificence. 1
- noun nothing but something that is nonexistent. 1
- noun nothing but nonexistence; nothingness: The sound faded to nothing. 1
- noun nothing but something or someone of no importance or significance: Money is nothing when you're without health. 1
- noun nothing but a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark: to exchange a few nothings when being introduced. 1
- noun nothing but a person of little or no importance; a nobody. 1
- noun nothing but something that is without quantity or magnitude. 1
- noun nothing but a cipher or naught: Nothing from nine leaves nine. 1
- noun nothing but (used in conventional responses to expressions of thanks): Think nothing of it. It's nothing. Nothing to it. 1
- adverb nothing but in no respect or degree; not at all: It was nothing like that. Nothing dismayed, he repeated his question. 1
- adjective nothing but amounting to nothing, as in offering no prospects for satisfaction, advancement, or the like: She was stuck in a nothing job. 1
- idioms nothing but for nothing, free of charge. for no apparent reason or motive. futilely; to no avail: They had gone to a great deal of expense for nothing. 1
- idioms nothing but in nothing flat, in very little time: Dinner was finished in nothing flat. 1
- idioms nothing but make nothing of, to treat lightly; regard as easy. to be unsuccessful in comprehending: He could make nothing of the complicated directions. 1
- idioms nothing but nothing but, nothing other than; only: We could see nothing but fog. 1
- idioms nothing but nothing doing, Informal. emphatically no; certainly not. no activity, inducement, advantage, etc., present to the eye: We drove through the town but there seemed to be nothing doing. 1
- idioms nothing but nothing less than / short of, absolutely; completely: She was used to nothing less than the best. 1
- idioms nothing but think nothing of, to treat casually. to regard as insignificant: He thinks nothing of lying to conceal his incompetence. 1
- phrase nothing but You use nothing but in front of a noun, an infinitive without 'to', or an '-ing' form to mean 'only'. 0
- noun nothing but not something other than; only 0
- noun nothing but only; nothing other than 0