Dictionary

nowhere en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈnəʊ.wɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Unimportant; unworthy of notice.
   • As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported. 1872, “Reviews of Postal Publications”, in The Stamp-Collector's Magazine, volume 10, page 110:
   • Elinore was such a bitch, such a nowhere person. 2008, Cricket Sawyer, Lavender Lust, →ISBN, page 180:
   • He always allowed them to motivate him to a level of intensity to do better, rather than remain in a nowhere life in a nowhere place like Harlem. 2012, Nicholas Borelli, Let No Man Be My Albatross, →ISBN, page 247:

Forms

Antonyms

everywhere

Deriveds

nowhere dense set · nowhere dense

nowhere en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈnəʊ.wɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In no place.
   • Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.
   • The keys are nowhere in the house.
2. (not-comparable) To no place.
   • We sat in traffic, going nowhere.
   • If you forget to do this, your interlock circuit won't be made and you'll be going nowhere.

Forms

Translations (129)

fa تورقوزآباد (in no place) · sv ingenstans (to no place) · eo nenie (in no place) · bn কোথাও না (in no place) · fi ei missään (in no place) · ga in áit ar bith (in no place) · az heç yerə (to no place) · sk nikde (in no place) · da ingen vegne (to no place) · sk nikde (to no place) · es a ningún lado (to no place) · pt em nenhum lugar (in no place) · sq askund (in no place) · it da nessuna parte (in no place) · ja どこにも (in no place) · izh kuskaa (in no place) · az heç yana (to no place) · sq kurrkund (in no place) · be нікуды́ (to no place) · cy i unlle (to no place) · be нідзе́ (in no place) · ang nāhwider (to no place) · grc μηδαμοῦ (in no place) · ar فِي لَا مَكَان (in no place) · ro nicăieri (in no place) · pam nokarinman (in no place) · az heç yerdə (in no place) · bg наникъде (to no place) · ht okenn kote (to no place) · cy i nunlle (to no place) · el πουθενά (to no place) · ast nenyures (in no place) · pl donikąd (to no place) · bg никъде́ (in no place) · ro niciunde (in no place) · grc οὐδαμοῦ (in no place) · sq asgjëkund (in no place) · fa هیچجا (to no place) · la nusquam (in no place) · pdt noanich (in no place) · es en ninguna parte (in no place) · sl nikjer (in no place) · sk nikam (to no place) · eo nenien (to no place) · gl ningures (to no place) · lt niekur (in no place) · pl nigdzie (in no place) · fa هیچکجا (in no place) · es por ningún lado (in no place) · sh nigdje (in no place) · pam nokarinpamo (to no place) · nci ahcān (in no place) · rgn invèl (in no place) · ko 아무데도 (in no place) · is hvergi (in no place) · ru никуда́ (to no place) · cmn 無處 /无处 (in no place) · ba бер ҡайҙа ла (to no place) · uk ніде́ (in no place) · lld iniò (in no place) · fo ongastaðni (in no place) · it da nessuna parte (to no place) · es a ningún lugar (to no place) · sh нигдје (in no place) · mr कुठेच नाही (in no place) · mk ни́каде (in no place) · rsk нїґдзе (in no place) · fr nulle part (to no place) · nl nergens (in no place) · cs nikam (to no place) · fi ei mihinkään (to no place) · sh nigde (in no place) · cy yn unman (in no place) · da ikke fremad (to no place) · ar إِلَى لَا مَكَان (to no place) · uk нікуди́ (to no place) · ca enlloc (to no place) · it in nessun posto (in no place) · lv nekur (in no place) · es en ningún lugar (in no place) · cy i unman (to no place) · lb néierens (in no place) · ja どこへも (to no place) · nl nergens heen (to no place) · ang nāhwǣr (in no place) · ang nāhwǣr (to no place) · is ekki neins staðar (in no place) · fr nulle part (in no place) · es a ninguna parte (to no place) · la nullibi (in no place) · de nirgendwohin (to no place) · cy nunlle (in no place) · de nirgendwo (in no place) · da intetsteds (in no place) · pam nokarinmo (to no place) · fy nearne (in no place) · es en ningún lado (in no place) · es en ningún sitio (in no place) · izh kussaa (in no place) · la nequo (to no place) · gl ningures (in no place) · eu inon (in no place) · de nirgendshin (to no place) · ca enlloc (in no place) · br nebleh (in no place) · az heç yanda (in no place) · cs nikde (in no place) · ckb ھیچ شوێن (in no place) · ba бер ҡайҙа ла (in no place) · izh kuhukaa (to no place) · pam nokarinpaman (in no place) · io adnulaloke (to no place) · sh нигде (in no place) · pt em lugar nenhum (in no place) · ru нигде́ (in no place) · fa ناکجا (to no place) · el πουθενά (in no place) · fa هیچجا (in no place) · sv ingenstans (in no place) · hu sehol (in no place) · da ingensteds (in no place) · is ekki nokkursstaðar (in no place) · nl nergens naartoe (to no place) · hu sehová (to no place) · cy yn unlle (in no place) · de nirgends (in no place) · io nulaloke (in no place) · fi ei minnekään (to no place) · hu sehova (to no place)

nowhere en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈnəʊ.wɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc.

Meanings

1. No particular place, noplace.
   • But some Nowheres do still exist and are there to be found by any genuinely free spirit willing to hook a caravan behind his four-wheel-drive and dream, say, of finding that isolated campsite beside an as yet undiscovered waterhole 2005, Dave Finkelstein with Jack London and Philip Caputo, Greater Nowheres: Wanderings Across the Outback, page xxiv:
   • While they paced the platform of the station, they reviewed the career of misdemeanours—Nutley, Chiddiugstone, Midhurst, Penn, and many nowheres, and now Aylesbury. 1912, Charles Inge, “Nemesis or Bad Luck?”, in The Windsor magazine, volume 36, page 95:
   • They went on a cruise to nowhere.
   • On a warm summer's evening On a train bound for nowhere I met up with the gambler 1976, “The Gambler”, Don Schlitz (lyrics):
   • Oh, not the middle of nowhere like the rest of Indiana, but a nowhere so flat and ugly you want to lie down in a ditch and never get up again. 1996 Oct, Indianapolis Monthly, volume 20, number 2, page 115:

Forms

Deriveds

nowhere near · Nowhereville · view from nowhere · bumfuck middle of nowhere · all dressed up with nowhere to go · middle of nowhere · go nowhere fast · middle of bumfuck nowhere · nowhereness · Nowheresville · arse end of nowhere · bum-fuck nowhere · bum fuck nowhere · lead nowhere · nowhere to be found · all dressed up and nowhere to go · nowhere income · go nowhere · nowhere to be seen · nowhere in sight · run nowhere · out of nowhere · bumfuck nowhere · nowhere else · get nowhere fast

Relateds

no one · everyplace · anywhere · everywhere · somewhere · someplace · anyplace · quantifier · nothing · nobody