no

The word “no” has 1 syllable: no

It's pronounced as /noʊ/

What is synonym and antonym for no?

In the thesaurus, “no” has 78 synonyms and 90 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for no along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for no

ah
aha
ban
barely
blackball
by no means
come on
con
declination
denial
deterrence
disallowance
discouragement
egad
egads
fiddlesticks
fie
gad
gadzooks
gee
gee whiz
ha
hardly
hello
hey
ill
in no wise
indeed
injunction
lo
marginally
my word
narrowly
nay
near
negation
negative
neither
never
no way
non placet
nonacceptance
none
nothing
nothing doing
noway
noways
nowhere
nowhere near
nowise
oh
on no account
oops
phooey
pooh
pshaw
rebuff
refusal
rejection
repression
repudiation
repulse
scarcely
slightly
spurn
suppression
the devil
the dickens
there
turndown
ugh
veto
well
what
whoops
why
woops
zounds

Antonyms for no

absolutely
acceptance
accession
acquiescence
agreement
all
allowance
altogether
any
anyhow
anyway
anywise
approval
assent
assuredly
at all
authorization
awful
awfully
certainly
clearance
clearly
completely
concurrence
consent
definitely
doubtless
each
enormously
ever
every
exactly
exceeding
exceedingly
extremely
full
fully
grace
grant
greatly
half
hands down
highly
however
hugely
immensely
imprimatur
leave
licence
license
mightily
mighty
more or less
most
mostly
ok
okay
out
par excellence
perfectly
permission
plainly
positive
positively
pro
quite
rather
really
right
sanction
seal
several
signature
slightly
somehow
someway
someways
somewhat
stamp
sufferance
surely
terribly
truly
unequivocally
unquestionably
utterly
various
very
yea
yes

Meanings of no

noun
1. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
2. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
3. noun
adverb
1. (now only used with different, with comparatives more and less, and informally with certain other adjectives such as good and fun) Not, not at all.
2. At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
3. Towards the speaker or other reference point.
4. So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
5. Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
6. After the beginning of something.
7. (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
preposition
1. Without.
2. Like.

Example Sentences

She firmly said no to the invitation.
There’s no reason to rush through the work.
He had no idea what was going on.
We found no evidence to support the claim.
Sometimes, the best answer is simply no.

On this page you'll find 168 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to no, such as: absolutely, acceptance, accession, acquiescence, agreement, ah, aha.

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