Meaning & use
none
Not any; not one of a group of people or things.
See it in a sentence
None of the students had finished the assignment by Friday.
She looked through the recipes, but none appealed to her.
A note on using this word
None can take a singular or plural verb depending on context; both none of them is and none of them are appear in edited writing.
Words with a similar meaning
nobodynot one
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
all
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