nowhere

Definition

  • noun: no place
  • noun: a nonexistent place
  • adverb: not in or at any place
  • used figuratively
  • synonyms: nowhither, dreamland

Examples

  • The book is 'nowhere to be found'. = The book is 'nowhere to be seen'. = The book is 'nowhere in sight'.

  • We got lost 'in the middle of nowhere'. [=in a place far away from other people, houses, etc.]

  • They live 'miles from nowhere'. [=they live in a place that is very far from other people]

Movie quotes

  • (..) Impact radius is getting bigger every second. We're going to have to make a choice. Cap, these people are going nowhere. If Stark finds a way to blow this rock... Not 'til everyone's safe. Everyone up here versus everyone down there? There's no math there. I didn't say we should leave. (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • (..) - The two enhanced? Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. Twins. Orphaned at ten when a shell collapsed their apartment building. Sokovia's had a rough history. It's nowhere special but it's on the way to everywhere special. - Their abilities? - He's got increased metabolism and improved thermal homeostasis. (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron