Nowt

Pronunciation

• Northern England IPA: /naÊŠt/, , /nÉ’ÊŠt/
• English Midlands IPA: /nəʊt/
• Homophones: note
• Rhymes: -əʊt

From Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English. Compare naught.

Full definition of nowt

Pronoun

1. (Northern England) naught, nothing

Synonyms

• noot (Geordie)

Noun

1. (Northern England, Sussex) naught, nothing

Adverb

1. (Northern England) naught, nothing

Antonyms

• owt

From Middle English, from Old Norse. Cognate with Old English nēat.

Noun

1. (Scotland and Northern England) An ox.
2. (Scotland and Northern England) Herd of cattle.
3. (figurative, Scotland and Northern England) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person or a person who is stubborn or difficult.
• 1929, , The Best One-act Plays of 1931 Chapter , A hunner guineas for the heid o' that nowt Renwick, and him no' sae very far awa' frae your very nose at this meenit.

Anagrams

• town
• wont, won't, wo'n't