nowhere
Americanadverb
-
in or at no place; not anywhere.
The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
-
to no place.
We went nowhere last weekend.
noun
-
the state of nonexistence or seeming nonexistence.
A gang of thieves appeared from nowhere.
-
anonymity or obscurity.
She came from nowhere to win the championship.
-
an unknown, remote, or nonexistent place or region.
adjective
-
being or leading nowhere; pointless; futile.
to be stuck in a nowhere job.
-
worthless or useless.
That's a nowhere idea if I ever heard one.
idioms
-
miles from nowhere, in a remote, isolated, or inaccessible area.
-
nowhere near, not nearly.
There's nowhere near enough food to go around.
adverb
-
in, at, or to no place; not anywhere
-
informal to fail completely to make any progress
-
far from; not nearly
noun
-
a nonexistent or insignificant place
-
a completely isolated, featureless, or insignificant place
Spelling
See anyplace.
Etymology
Origin of nowhere
before 1000; Middle English (adv.); Old English nāhwǣr, nōhwǣr. See no 1, where
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The S&P 500 is up less than 1% year to date through Thursday’s close and has basically gone nowhere since October, a “near-unprecedented holding pattern,” notes Mark Hackett, Chief Markets Strategist for Nationwide.
From Barron's
The S&P 500 is up less than 1% year to date through Thursday’s close and has basically gone nowhere since October, a “near-unprecedented holding pattern,” notes Mark Hackett, Chief Markets Strategist for Nationwide.
From Barron's
The result: The S&P 500 has gone nowhere for the past two months.
From Barron's
The echoing aphorism is apparently nowhere truer than in cavernous Olympic hockey ice arenas.
“She comes out of nowhere and you never know what she’s going to say.”
From Los Angeles Times
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
