nil

Other forms of nil

plural

nils·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nil

What does nil mean?

nil means "a quantity of no importance".

How many syllables are in nil?

nil has 1 syllable: nil. In IPA it is /ˈnɪl/.

What is another word for nil?

Close synonyms include nothing, nix, nada, null, aught. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nil a common word?

nil is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.