nonentity

  • 11nonentity — noun Date: circa 1600 1. something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination 2. nonexistence 3. a person or thing of little consequence or significance …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 12nonentity — /non en ti tee/, n., pl. nonentities. 1. a person or thing of no importance. 2. something that does not exist or exists only in imagination. 3. nonexistence. [1590 1600; NON + ENTITY] Syn. 1. nobody, cipher, mediocrity, zero, nullity. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 13nonentity — noun a) an unimportant or insignificant person b) the state of not existing; nonexistence …

    Wiktionary

  • 14nonentity — Synonyms and related words: Middle America, Milquetoast, a nobody, a nothing, absence, baby, big baby, bourgeoisie, burgherdom, chicken, cipher, common man, crybaby, deprivation, doormat, dud, dull tool, dummy, emptiness, figurehead, fourth rater …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 15nonentity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nothing, negation; nobody; nullity. See nonexistence, unimportance.Ant., entity, player (inf.). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nullity, upstart, no account*; see nobody 2 , sycophant . III (Roget s Thesaurus …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16nonentity — non·en·ti·ty || nÉ‘ nentÉ™tɪ /nÉ’ n. something imaginary; something non existent …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 17nonentity — [nɒ nɛntɪti] noun (plural nonentities) 1》 an unimportant person or thing. 2》 non existence. Origin C16: from med. L. nonentitas non existence …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 18nonentity — n. 1. Inexistence, non existence. 2. Nothing. 3. Nothingness, insignificance, futility. 4. Nobody, cipher …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 19nonentity — noun (C) someone who has no importance, power, or ability, and who you have no respect for: Chomsky was the only speaker of any importance the rest were nonentities …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20nonentity — noun the tragedy is that, even after all the therapy we can provide, many of these kids will continue to be the nonentities that they ve been taught to be Syn: nobody, unimportant person, zero, nonperson, no name, nothing, small fry, mediocrity;… …

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