aught meaning

Definition of aught

1. a quantity of no importance
   • it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
   • reduced to nil all the work we had done
   • we racked up a pathetic goose egg
   • it was all for naught
   • I didn't hear zilch about it

   Synonyms: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

   Type of: relative quantity

   Kinds: nihil, bugger all

aught in a sentence

• Bill Maher hasn't been left of center since the aughts.
• Tom grew up in the aughts.

How to pronounce aught

aught is pronounced /ɔt/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with aught

• thought
• taut
• sought
• bot
• sot
• snot
• wrought
• overwrought