Home › Words › A › aughtsaughts/ɔːts/aughts means from or evoking the first decade of a century (chiefly the 2000s).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, aughts ranks #11,739 of 42,747 for Qualifying.aughts is pronounced /ɔːts/.EtymologyFrom the sense of aught to refer to the number zero.adjFrom or evoking the first decade of a century (chiefly the 2000s).e.g.“Dialup internet is so aughts.”nounThe first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties.e.g.“The 20th Century’s Aughts and Teens: OPERETTA [chapter title]” — 2010, Michael G. Cunningham, “The 20th Century’s Aughts and Teens: OPERETTA”, in Gilded Songs (Berlin to Bacharach): The Gig Instrumentalist’s Guide to the Golden Era of American Popular Song (1920 toDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.aughties 84% match — Synonym of aughts (“first decade of a century”). vs aughts →zeroes 77% match — The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s. vs aughts →eighties 60% match — The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc. vs aughts →oneties 59% match — The second decade of a century: the 1910s, the 2010s, etc. The tens. vs aughts →nought 58% match — Nothing; something which does not exist. vs aughts →noughth 58% match — Before the first; zeroth. vs aughts →aught 53% match — Anything whatsoever, any part. vs aughts →decade 49% match — A group, set, or series of ten , particularly vs aughts →