nonentity
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nonentity
noun nonentities · non-entity
- An unimportant or insignificant person or thing. The Queen Mother detests, but she dreads me—my uncle is indifferent, but finds me of use—our new Queen is already a nonentity—and Louis knows that my house is the most agreeable in Paris.
- The state of not existing; nonexistence. New objects, new amusements, will occupy her mind; and unhappiness, equally unsuspected and unspoken, will die of its own nonentity.
Similar: absolute zero, also-ran, chopped liver, cipher, crumb, Joe Nobody, little guy, minnow, nebbish, nobody, no one, nothing, nothingburger, nonentity, picayune, pip-squeak, pleb, peon, prole, puny, quidam, rinky-dink, shrimp, wankstain, zero, zilch · Opposite: important person, big cheese, big hitter, big wheel, somebody
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noun
Similar: absolute zero, also-ran, chopped liver, cipher, crumb, Joe Nobody, little guy, minnow, nebbish, nobody, no one, nothing, nothingburger, nonentity, picayune, pip-squeak, pleb, peon, prole, puny, quidam, rinky-dink, shrimp, wankstain, zero, zilch · Opposite: important person, big cheese, big hitter, big wheel, somebody
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noun an unimportant or insignificant person
| Español | nulidad |
|---|---|
| Français | moins-que-rien |
| Italiano | uomo da niente, zero assoluto, nullità, estraneo, sconosciuto |
| Русский | ничто́жество ničtóžestvo |
Talk about this word "nonentity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nonentity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nonentity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nonentity "nonentity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nonentity.Cite this
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