ever, none whatsoever, nothing at all, noth'ng on earth, nothing under the sun; no such thing, SI. nix, Latin, nihil, Fr. rien, Span, nada; SI. scratch, SI. squat, SI. diddly, SI. diddly-squat.
-adj. 3. valueless, worthless, inconsequential, useless, nugatory; vain, meritless, empty, idle; piddling, mere, slight, niggling, picayune, miserable, paltry, petty; unavailing, unprofitable, gainless, unserviceable, good for nothing; inadequate, ineffectual, inefficacious.
nimble, adj. 1. agile, lithe, sprightly, light and quick; spry, active, lively, full of life, animated, vivacious, energetic, Inf. chipper, Inf. snappy, Inf. full of pep, Inf. full of get up and go; brisk, rapid, quick, fleet, speedy, expeditious. See - nimble-footed.
2. alert, prompt, ready, on one's toes, awake, wideawake; intelligent, smart, smart as a whip. See - nimble-witted.
nimble-fingered, adj. skillfull, expert, proficient, good, good at, Inf. no mean; adept, adroit, deft, dexterous, coordinated, handy, neat-handed, surehanded, neat; clever, resourceful, ingenious, daedal.
nimble-footed, adj. fast, rapid, fleet, fleet-footed, light-legged, light of heel; speedy, brisk, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quick-moving, swift as an arrow, arrowy, winged, eagle-winged; light, light on one's feet, light-footed, sure-footed, graceful; agile, spry, sprightly, Dial, peart.
nimbleness, n. 1. agility, sprightliness, spryness, featliness, lightness, gracefulness, grace; nimble-footedness, fleet-footedness, light-footedness, light-leggedness; legerity, alacrity, celerity, activity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, address; speed, speediness, swiftness, fleetness, quickness; briskness, smartness, spiritedness, energy, Inf. peppiness.
2. skill, skillfulness, adroitness, dexterity, deftness, finesse, nimble-fingeredness, neat-fingeredness, neat-handedness; cleverness, resourcefulness, ingenuity.
3. alertness, attentiveness, readiness, sharpness, keenness, acuteness; intelligence, smartness, Inf. braininess, brightness, SI. smarts, SI. savvy; sharp-wittedness, quick-wittedness, nimble-wittedness, clear or quick thinking; esprit, ready wit, quick wit, sharp wit, nimble wit.
nimble-witted, adj. witty, spirituel, attic; brilliant, scintillating, sparkling; acute, keen, sharp, SI. sharp as a tack; intelligent, smart, Inf. smart as a whip, Inf. brainy, bright, Inf. nobody's fool, Inf. not born yesterday, SI. no dumbbell or dummy; sharp-witted, keen-witted, ready-witted, quick-witted, Inf. quick on the uptake; alert, awake, wide-awake, clearheaded, clear-witted, Scot. and North Eng. gleg, SI. on the ball.
nimbly, adj. 1. agilely, spryly, featly, trippingly, gracefully, lithesomely; nimble-footedly, light-footedly, light-leggedly; fast, speedily, swiftly, fleetly, quickly, rapidly, mercurially; briskly, smartly, spiritedly, animatedly, Inf. snappily; readily, promptly, expeditiously, with dispatch.
2. skillfully, adroitly, dexterously, deftly, expertly, easily, nimble-fingeredly, neat-fingeredly, neat-handedly; cleverly, resourcefully, ingeniously.
3. alertly, attentively, keenly, acutely, sharply; intelligently; nimble-wittedly, quick-wittedly, ready-wittedly, sharp-wittedly; clearheadedly, clear-wittedly.
nimbus, n. 1. cloud, aura, atmosphere, ambience, mood; character, air, quality, tone, feel, feeling, vibrations, Inf. vibes.
2. halo, aureole, aureola, gloriole, ring of light, crown of light, circle of radiance, corona, luminous cloud; effulgence, radiance, luster, luminosity, irradiation, light, glow, glowing, luminescence, shine, shining.