nowhere

Forms

Plural: nowheres

Definitions

Adverb
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1.In no place.
- The keys are nowhere in the house.
- Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.
2.To no place.
- We sat in traffic, going nowhere.
- If you forget to do this, your interlock circuit won't be made and you'll be going nowhere.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.Unimportant; unworthy of notice.
- Elinore was such a bitch, such a nowhere person.
- He always allowed them to motivate him to a level of intensity to do better, rather than remain in a nowhere life in a nowhere place like Harlem.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.No particular place, noplace.
- They went on a cruise to nowhere.
- Oh, not the middle of nowhere like the rest of Indiana, but a nowhere so flat and ugly you want to lie down in a ditch and never get up again.
- While they paced the platform of the station, they reviewed the career of misdemeanours. Nutley, Chiddiugstone, Midhurst, Penn, and many nowheres, and now Aylesbury.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2805

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Word family

now

Etymology

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where.

Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc.

AdverbAdverb×A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.