Dictionary Entry

zero

zero is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cipher; nothing; naught. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 13 senses

Definitions

1noun
A cipher; nothing; naught.
2noun
The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
3noun
Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.
4noun
the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
5noun
the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
6noun
a quantity of no importance
"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"
"reduced to nil all the work we had done"
Synonyms
aught cipher cypher nada naught nil nix nothing null zilch zip
7noun
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Synonyms
cipher cypher nought
8verb
adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
"He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"
9verb
adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
10adjective
indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
"a zero score"
11adjective
indicating an initial point or origin
12adjective
having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
"the goal is zero population growth"
13adjective
of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)

Synonyms

aught cipher cypher nada naught nil nix nothing null zilch zip nought

Common word forms

zeros zeroed zeroes zeroing zeroize

Words from these letters

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