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Noun: nil  nil
  1. No amount at all; something of no value or importance
    "reduced to nil all the work we had done";
    - nothing, nix [informal], nada [N. Amer, informal], null, aught [archaic], cipher, cypher, goose egg [N. Amer, informal], naught [N. Amer], zero, zilch [informal], zip, zippo [N. Amer, informal], nought [Brit]

Derived forms: nils

Type of: relative quantity

Encyclopedia: Nil, Iraq