zilch

Other forms of zilch

plural

zilches·

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 zilch

What does zilch mean?

zilch means "a quantity of no importance".

How many syllables are in zilch?

zilch has 1 syllable: zilch. In IPA it is /ˈzɪltʃ/.

What is another word for zilch?

Close synonyms include nothing, nil, nix, nada, null. 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 zilch a common word?

zilch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.