Antonyms for come to naught
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : nawt |
| Phonetic Transcription : nɔt |
- accomplish
- achieve
- advance
- appear
- arrive
- ascend
- be born
- begin
- build
- capture
- coagulate
- come
- come in
- complete
- continue
- correct
- deliver
- develop
- do well
- earn
- enter
- face
- fight
- finish
- forge
- gain
- go up
- grow
- improve
- increase
- keep
- meet
- merit
- obtain
- procure
- prosper
- reach
- remain
- rise
- solidify
- stay
- strengthen
- succeed
- wait
- win
Definition of come to naught
Origin :- Old English nawiht "nothing," lit "no whit," from na "no" (from PIE root *ne- "no, not;" see un- (1)) + wiht "thing, creature, being" (see wight). Cognate with Old Saxon neowiht "nothing," Old High German niwiht, Gothic ni waihts. It also developed an adjectival sense in Old English, "good for nothing," which by mid-16c. had focused to "morally bad, wicked." In arithmetic, "the figure zero" from 1640s.
- As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
- As in disappear : verb vanish; cease
- As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
Synonyms for come to naught
- abandon
- abort
- abscond
- back wrong horse
- backslide
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be done for
- be found lacking
- be gone
- be in vain
- be lost
- be no more
- be ruined
- be swallowed up
- blunder
- break down
- cease to exist
- clear
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- decamp
- decline
- dematerialize
- depart
- deteriorate
- die
- die out
- disperse
- dissipate
- dissolve
- drop out of sight
- ebb
- end
- end gradually
- escape
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- exit
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fall
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- fizzle
- flee
- flop
- flounder
- fly
- fold
- founder
- go
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go south
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- leave
- leave no trace
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- melt
- melt away
- miscarry
- misfire
- miss
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- play into
- recede
- retire
- retreat
- run aground
- sink
- slip
- take flight
- turn out badly
- vacate
- vamoose
- wane
- withdraw
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