Synonyms

nope

American

[nohp] / noʊp /

adverb

Informal.

nope British

/ nəʊp /

an informal word for no 1

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Etymology

Origin of nope

1885–90, variant of no ¹; yup

Example Sentences

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Ole Miss said nope and promoted defensive coordinator Keith Golding to the head coach job; Kiffin publicly expressed his disappointment that the school rejected his request.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Everything you think is going to happen, nope.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

In its post, the company says it will let certain models of Claude nope out in “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.”

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

He found a Dan Williams in the nearby town of La Honda — but, nope, the screws weren’t his.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024

On March 20,1954, Chapter Eleven arrived and the biology gods shook their heads, nope, sorry ..

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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