Phrase guide

not at all

adv · intj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Not even a tiny bit; not in any way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: emphatic

Examples

  • He's not at all friendly towards his ex-wife.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: by no means, hardly, in no way, not in the least, not in the slightest, not the least bit, not the slightest bit, devil a bit

Antonyms: a bit, a little bit, somewhat, in a way, to an extent

2

intj

Meaning 2

A conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, idiomatic

Examples

  • —Thank you for coming. —Not at all. Thank you for having me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

intj

Meaning 3

Don't worry about it (response to worry or an apology)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: glad nie — not
  • Bulgarian: не въобще́ (ne vǎobšté) — not
  • Bulgarian: не изо́бщо (ne izóbšto) — not
  • Catalan: gens — not
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毫不 (háobù) — not
  • Chinese Mandarin: 並不 /并不 (bìngbù) — not
  • Chinese Mandarin: 決不 /决不 (juébù) — not
  • Chinese Mandarin: 並未 /并未 (bìngwèi) — not
  • Danish: overhovedet ikke — not
  • Danish: slet ikke — not
  • Danish: ikke en pind — not
  • Dutch: totaal niet — not
  • Esperanto: tute ne — not
  • Esperanto: nule — not
  • Finnish: ei lainkaan — not
  • Finnish: ei yhtään — not
  • French: pas du tout — not
  • Galician: en absoluto — not
  • Galician: non tal — not
  • German: überhaupt nicht — not
  • German: gar nicht — not
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei) — not
  • Greek: καθόλου (kathólou) — not
  • Ancient Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamôs) — not
  • Hungarian: egyáltalán nem — not
  • Hungarian: cseppet sem — not
  • Hungarian: a legkevésbé sem — not
  • Icelandic: alls ekki — not
  • Ido: tote ne — not
  • Irish: ar chor ar bith — not
  • Japanese: 全然 (zenzen) — not
  • Korean: 결코 (gyeolko) — not
  • Central Kurdish: نەخێر (nexêr) — not
  • Latin: minime — not
  • Macedonian: во́општо не (vóopšto ne) — not
  • Macedonian: ни́малку (nímalku) — not
  • Macedonian: ич (ič) — not
  • Marathi: अजिबात नाही (ajibāt nāhī) — not
  • Persian: اصلا (aslan) — not
  • Persian: به هیچ وجه (be hêč vajh) — not
  • Persian: حاشا و کلا (hâšâ va kallâ) — not
  • Plautdietsch: goanich — not
  • Polish: wcale nie — not
  • Portuguese: nada — not
  • Portuguese: não... em nada — not
  • Portuguese: não... em absoluto — not
  • Romanian: deloc — not
  • Russian: во́все нет (vóvse net) — not
  • Russian: отню́дь — not
  • Russian: ничу́ть не (ničútʹ ne) — not
  • Scots: no ava — not
  • Spanish: para nada — not
  • Spanish: ningún — not
  • Spanish: ni en lo más mínimo — not
  • Swedish: inte alls — not
  • Swedish: alls inte — not
  • Swedish: rakt inte — not
  • Tajik: асло (aslo) — not
  • Tajik: ба ҳеч ваҷҳ (ba heč vajh) — not
  • Tajik: ҳошо ва калло (hošo va kallo) — not
  • Ukrainian: взагалі́ не (vzahalí ne) — not
  • Vietnamese: chẳng — not
  • Vietnamese: chả — not
  • Vietnamese: cóc — not
  • Welsh: dim o gwbl — not
  • Welsh: ddim o gwbl — not
  • Arabic: عَفْوًا (ʕafwan) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Arabic: عَلَى الرُحْب وَالسَّعَة (ʕalā r-ruḥb wa-s-saʕa) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Arabic: اَلْعَفْو (al-ʕafw) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Arabic: لا شكرا على واجب — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Armenian: խնդրեմ (xndrem) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Azerbaijani: dəyməz — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Belarusian: няма́ за што́ (njamá za štó) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Belarusian: калі́ ла́ска (kalí láska) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Bulgarian: ня́ма защо́ (njáma zaštó) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Catalan: de res — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Chinese: 袂 (zh-min-nan) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不客氣 /不客气 (bù kèqi) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不用謝 /不用谢 (bùyòngxiè) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不謝 /不谢 (bùxiè) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Czech: není zač — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Czech: prosím — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Czech: rádo se stalo — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Czech: za málo — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Dutch: geen probleem — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Dutch: geen dank graag gedaan — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Esperanto: ne dankinde — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Finnish: ei lainkaan — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Finnish: eipä kestä — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • French: de rien — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • French: il n'y a pas de quoi — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • French: pas de quoi — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Galician: de nada — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Georgian: არაფრის (arapris) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Georgian: არაფერს (arapers) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • German: bitte — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • German: gern geschehen — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • German: keine Ursache — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • German: nichts zu danken — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Greek: τίποτα (típota) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Hebrew: עַל לֹא דָּבָר ('al lo davár) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Hebrew: אֵין בְּעַד מַה (ēn b'ad ma) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Hindi: कुछ नहीं (kuch nahī̃) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Hungarian: nincs mit — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Hungarian: szóra sem érdemes — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Hungarian: kérem — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Ido: ne dankinde — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Italian: prego — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Italian: non c'è di che — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Japanese: どう致しまして (dō itashimashite) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Japanese: とんでもない (tonde mo nai) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Japanese: いいえ (iie) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Khmer: អញ្ជើញ (ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Korean: 천만에요 (cheonmaneyo) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Korean: 아니에요 (anieyo) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Korean: 별말씀을요 (byeolmalsseumeuryo) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Lao: ບໍ່ເປັນຫຍັງ (bǭ pen nyang) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Latvian: nav par ko — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Lithuanian: nėra už ką — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Macedonian: не́ма на што (néma na što) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Macedonian: по́велете и друг пат (póvelete i drug pat) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Macedonian: молам (molam) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Mongolian: зүгээр (zügeer) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Persian: قابل نداشت (qâbel nadâšt) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Persian: خواهش میکنم (xâheš mi-konam) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Polish: proszę — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Polish: nie ma za co — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Portuguese: de nada — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Portuguese: por nada — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Romanian: pentru nimic — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Romanian: nu ai pentru ce/nu aveți pentru ce — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Romanian: cu plăcere — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Russian: не́ за что (né za što) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Russian: пожа́луйста (požálujsta) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Russian: не сто́ит благода́рности (ne stóit blagodárnosti) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Russian: на здоро́вье (na zdoróvʹje) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Serbo-Croatian: нема на чему — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Serbo-Croatian: молим — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Serbo-Croatian: nema na čemu — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Serbo-Croatian: molim — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Slovak: nie je za čo — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Slovak: za málo — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Slovak: prosím — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Slovene: ni za kaj — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Spanish: de nada — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Spanish: no hay de qué — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Swedish: ingen orsak — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Swedish: det var så lite — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Thai: ไม่เป็นไร (mâi-bpen-rai) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Turkish: önemli değil — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Turkish: bir şey değil — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Turkish: rica ederim — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Ukrainian: нема́ за́ що (nemá zá ščo) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Ukrainian: будь ла́ска (budʹ láska) — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Vietnamese: không có gì — conventional reply to expression of gratitude
  • Vietnamese: không có chi — conventional reply to expression of gratitude