no

1. 1.

   (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of

   “we have no bananas”

   “no eggs left and no money to buy any”

   “have you no decency?”

   “did it with no help”

   “I'll get you there in no time”

   Antonymsallsome

   Similarnarynonezero

Other forms of no

plural

noes

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 no

What does no mean?

no means "referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in no?

no has 1 syllable: no. In IPA it is /ˈnoʊ/.

What is another word for no?

Close synonyms include no more, nobelium, atomic number 102. 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.

What is the opposite of no?

The recorded antonyms are yes, all, some.

Is no a common word?

no is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with no?

10 words rhyme with no. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.