· a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

Synonym(s): nothing, nil, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose_egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

Hypernym(s): relative_quantity

· command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

Synonym(s): forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow

Hypernym(s): command, require