Meaning & Definition of Nix in English
English⟶
Nix
/nɪks/
noun
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"
synonym:
- nothing,
- nil,
- nix,
- nada,
- null,
- aught,
- cipher,
- cypher,
- goose egg,
- naught,
- zero,
- zilch,
- zip,
- zippo
verb
1. Command against
- "I forbid you to call me late at night"
- "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"
- "Dad nixed our plans"
synonym:
- forbid,
- prohibit,
- interdict,
- proscribe,
- veto,
- disallow,
- nix
Examples of using
We had to nix tomorrow's meeting because of a scheduling problem.
At that very night when the fern blooms — I’m just retelling what has been composed in the fairy tales by local people — the mermaids, wood and house goblins, werewolves, nix, and different kinds of ghosts and sorcerer gathered together.