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

1. noun. A cipher; nothing; naught.
2. noun. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
3. noun. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.
4. noun. the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
5. noun. the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
6. noun. 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, zippo

7. noun. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

   Synonyms: cipher, cypher, nought

8. verb. adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)

   "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"

9. verb. adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
10. adjective. indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration

    "a zero score"

11. adjective. indicating an initial point or origin
12. adjective. having no measurable or otherwise determinable value

    "the goal is zero population growth"

13. adjective. of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)

Synonyms

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

Common word forms

zeros, zeroed, zeroes, zeroing, zeroize

Words from these letters

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