Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 9 compound words that contain naught. The most common are listed below. Open naught in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- aleph-naughtAlternative form of aleph-null: The first of the transfinite cardinal numbers; corresponds to the number of natural numbers.
- come to naughtAlternative form of come to nought: To fail completely; to have no successful result.
- bring to naughtAlternative form of bring to nought: To mar; to thwart.
- bringing to naughtpresent participle and gerund of bring to naught
- brings to naughtthird-person singular simple present indicative of bring to naught: To mar; to thwart.
- brought to naughtsimple past and past participle of bring to naught
- came to naughtsimple past of come to naught
- comes to naughtthird-person singular simple present indicative of come to naught: To fail completely; to have no successful result.
- coming to naughtpresent participle and gerund of come to naught
- setting at naughtpresent participle and gerund of set at naught
- more often than naughtAlternative form of more often than not: Usually; more than half the time; more likely to be the case than not to be the case.
- good-for-naughtSynonym of good-for-nothing: Useless; worthless.
- set at naughtAlternative form of set at nought: To treat as unimportant or worthless; to despise, disregard, defy, unheed.
- sets at naughtthird-person singular simple present indicative of set at naught: To treat as unimportant or worthless; to despise, disregard, defy, unheed.
Compound words 9
- naughtyMischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
- fearnaughtA fearless person.
- dreadnaughtAlternative spelling of dreadnought: A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
- MacNaughtA surname.
- naughtiercomparative form of naughty: more naughty
- naughtilyIn a naughty manner.
- ConnaughtDated form of Connacht: The western province of Ireland, inclusive of the counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo.
- Naughtonsplural of Naughton: A village in Suffolk, England.
- TillynaughtA hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, originally in Banffshire. The nearby railway station was closed in 1968 (OS grid ref NJ5961).