What does nowt mean?
Nowt means (Northern England) Naught, nothing..
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/naʊt/ · pronoun
(Northern England) Naught, nothing..
Today I have achieved absolutely nowt / In just being out of the house, I've lost out
Bud yah're a nowt, and it's no use talking - yah'll niver mend o'yer ill ways, but goa raight to t' divil, like yer mother afore ye!
... and great hectoring nowts like yond' Irish Peter, Helstone's curate.
A ornery beggar, a nowt, a rapscallion, a shop egg, a devvle from yed to foot, at some time or other were applied to him.
A hunner guineas for the heid o' that nowt Renwick, and him no' sae very far awa' frae your very nose at this meenit.
Use nowt when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nowt means (Northern England) Naught, nothing..
Common synonyms include noot.
Possible antonyms include owt.
Today I have achieved absolutely nowt / In just being out of the house, I've lost out
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