We had to nix tomorrow's meeting because of a scheduling problem.
Source: tatoeba (1398000)
Nix
//nɪks//
Synonyms for "nix" (133 found)
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14 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
2 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
4 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 24 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- niks noun (colloquial: nothing)
Albanian
1 entries- Nix name (one of Pluto's moons)
Bulgarian
3 entries- воден дух noun (water spirit)
- нищо noun (colloquial: nothing)
- нула noun (colloquial: nothing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 冥衛二 /冥卫二 name (one of Pluto's moons)
- 水妖 noun (water spirit)
Czech
4 entries- Nix name (one of Pluto's moons)
- nic noun (colloquial: nothing)
- zamítnout verb (to reject or cancel)
- zrušit verb (to reject or cancel)
Danish
1 entries- niks noun (colloquial: nothing)
Dutch
4 entries- niets noun (colloquial: nothing)
- nikker noun (water spirit)
- niks noun (colloquial: nothing)
- nix noun (water spirit)
Esperanto
1 entries- nikso noun (water spirit)
Finnish
4 entries- niks noun (colloquial: nothing)
- näkki noun (water spirit)
- niitata verb (to destroy)
- torpata verb (to reject or cancel)
French
4 entries- ne...rien or rien noun (colloquial: nothing)
- nix noun (water spirit)
- nixe noun (water spirit)
- que dalle noun (colloquial: nothing)
Galician
1 entries- nada noun (colloquial: nothing)
German
4 entries- Nix noun (water spirit)
- Nöck noun (water spirit)
- nix noun (colloquial: nothing)
- annullieren verb (to reject or cancel)
Italian
1 entries- niente noun (colloquial: nothing)
Japanese
1 entries- ニクス name (one of Pluto's moons)
Korean
1 entries- 닉스 name (one of Pluto's moons)
Marathi
1 entries- निक्स name (one of Pluto's moons)
Norwegian
1 entries- niks noun (colloquial: nothing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nøkk noun (water spirit)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- nykk noun (water spirit)
- nøkk noun (water spirit)
Persian
3 entries- هیچ noun (colloquial: nothing)
- نابود کردن verb (to destroy)
- هیچ گرداندن verb (to reject or cancel)
Portuguese
1 entries- nada noun (colloquial: nothing)
Russian
3 entries- ничто́ noun (colloquial: nothing)
- запреща́ть verb (to reject or cancel)
- отменя́ть verb (to reject or cancel)
Spanish
4 entries- nada noun (colloquial: nothing)
- aniquilar verb (to destroy)
- anular verb (to reject or cancel)
- cancelar verb (to reject or cancel)
Swedish
1 entries- näck noun (water spirit)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
There's a whole day's work for nix.
Source: tatoeba (6705598)
"That's a clean lift from Kipling—or is it Conan Doyle? Anyway, I've read something just like it before. Say, kid, guess what these magazine guys get for a full page ad.? Nix. That's just like a woman. Three thousand straight. Fact."
Source: wiktionary
"I can take you down, Miss Conover, but I cannot take Mr. Hawksley. When the boss gives me an order I obey it—if I possibly can. On the day the boss tells me you can go strolling, I'll give you the key to the city. Until then, nix! No use arguing, Mr. Hawksley."
Source: wiktionary
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