Thesaurus:nonentity

Thesaurus

nonentity

English

Noun

Sense: someone small and of no consequence

Synonyms

• absolute zero
• also-ran
• chopped liver (originally US, humorous, informal)
• cipher
• crumb (slang)
• Joe Nobody
• little guy
• minnow
• nebbish (Yiddish)
• nobody
• no one
• nothing    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nothingburger
• nonentity
• picayune (chiefly, US, informal)
• pip-squeak (US)
• pleb
• peon
• prole
• puny (archaic)
• quidam (obsolete)
• rinky-dink (chiefly US, informal)
• shrimp
• wankstain (UK)
• zero (US)
• zilch (US)

Antonyms

• important person    [⇒ thesaurus]
• big cheese
• big hitter
• big wheel
• somebody

Hyponyms

• worthless person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• lay figure
• small-timer
• small fry
• small potatoes

Further reading

• “nonentity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “nonentity” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.