Meanings
- not comparableIn no way; not at all; under no circumstances.First known use 15th c.
No way will I ever go there.
3 more examples
No way would he ever do such a thing.
I suppose that meanes meerely humane can no way be capable of it[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLCI get it. No way can me and Mickie talk to Rodrigo about what just happened up at the bench he's standing in the big holding cell, other mopes standing around waiting for their cases to be called, eavesdropping on what we're telling him.
2007, Ron Liebman, Death by Rodrigo, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 133
alternative no ways
- idiomaticAbsolutely not; under no circumstances.First known use 18th c.
Touch that weird rock over there, I dare you! —No way!
Synonyms: no, no chance, fat chance, not a chance, not on your life, by no means, no fear, chance'd be a fine thing
- idiomaticIndicates astonished disbelief.
You failed your exam again? No way!
1 more example
He's hitting 400 for two months? Uh-uh! No way!
Synonyms: unbelievable, no kidding, what the fuck, what the
alternative no ways
- uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, way.; not any possibility.
There is no way that I would trust him.
2 more examples
There's no way I'm going through the thorn bushes dressed like this!
Miranda: I'll admit it, Shepard. I'm impressed. You got us here. Are you ready? Shepard: We're going in blind, and we don't even know if we'll survive the trip. No way in hell we're ready... but we don't have a choice.
2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionAbsolutely not; under no circumstances.
interjectionIndicates astonished disbelief.
Translations
Ancient Greek οὐδαμῶς, πώμαλα
- οὐδαμῶς (oudamôs)absolutely not
- πώμαλα (pṓmala)absolutely not
Catalan de cap manera, impossible
- de cap maneraabsolutely not
- impossibleindicates astonished disbelief
Chinese Cantonese 死都唔會 /死都唔会, 點都唔會 /点都唔会
- 死都唔會 /死都唔会 (sei² dou¹ m⁴ wui⁵)absolutely not
- 點都唔會 /点都唔会 (dim² dou¹ m⁴ wui⁵)absolutely not
- 唔肯absolutely not
Chinese Mandarin 休想, 沒門(兒) /没门
- 休想 (xiūxiǎng)absolutely not
- 沒門(兒) /没门absolutely not
- 絕不會 /绝不会 (jué bùhuì)absolutely not
- 絕對不會 /绝对不会 (juéduì bùhuì)absolutely not
- 一定不會 /一定不会 (yīdìng bùhuì)absolutely not
- 門都沒有 /门都没有 (mén dōu méiyǒu)absolutely not
- 不會吧！ /不会吧！ (bù huì ba!)indicates astonished disbelief
- 不可能！ (bù kěnéng!)indicates astonished disbelief
- 怎麼會呢？ /怎么会呢？ (zěnme huì ne?)indicates astonished disbelief
Danish aldrig i livet
- aldrig i livetabsolutely not
Dutch echt niet, no way
- echt nietabsolutely not
- no wayabsolutely not
- no wayindicates astonished disbelief
Finnish ei käy, ei ikinä
- ei käyabsolutely not
- ei ikinäabsolutely not
- ei ikimaailmassaabsolutely not
- ei ikipäivänäabsolutely not
- ei voi olla tottaindicates astonished disbelief
- älä viitsiindicates astonished disbelief
French en aucune façon, pas question
- en aucune façonabsolutely not
- pas questionabsolutely not
- jamais de la vieabsolutely not
- pas moyenabsolutely not
- hors de questionabsolutely not
- pas possibleindicates astonished disbelief
- pas vraiindicates astonished disbelief
German auf keinen Fall, keineswegs
- auf keinen Fallabsolutely not
- keineswegsabsolutely not
- nie im Lebenabsolutely not
- nichts daabsolutely not
- nix daabsolutely not
- fantastischindicates astonished disbelief
- unglaublichindicates astonished disbelief
Greek αποκλείεται, με τίποτα
- αποκλείεται (apokleíetai)absolutely not
- με τίποτα (me típota)indicates astonished disbelief
Hebrew בְּשׁוּם אוֹפֶן, לא יכול להיות
- בְּשׁוּם אוֹפֶן (b'shum ofen)absolutely not
- לא יכול להיות (lo yakhol lihiot)indicates astonished disbelief
- בְּשׁוּם אוֹפֶן (b'shum ofen)indicates astonished disbelief
Hungarian semmiképp sem, semmiképpen sem
- semmiképp semabsolutely not
- semmiképpen semabsolutely not
- semmi esetre semabsolutely not
- eszem ágában sincsabsolutely not
- nem létezikindicates astonished disbelief
- ne márindicates astonished disbelief
- nem mondodindicates astonished disbelief
Italian neanche per sogno, manco per il cazzo
- neanche per sognoabsolutely not
- manco per il cazzoabsolutely not
Japanese 嫌だ, 無理だ
- 嫌だ (iya da)absolutely not
- 無理だ (muri da)absolutely not
- 有り得ない (arienai)absolutely not
- 不可能だ (fukanō da)absolutely not
- うそ (uso)absolutely not
- 有り得ない (arienai)indicates astonished disbelief
- とんでもない (tondemonai)indicates astonished disbelief
- まさか (masaka)indicates astonished disbelief
- 嘘 (uso)indicates astonished disbelief
Māori auare ake, nō(w)hea
- auare akeabsolutely not
- nō(w)heaabsolutely not
- e hawaindicates astonished disbelief
- nō(w)hea hoki!indicates astonished disbelief
- wetaindicates astonished disbelief
Persian نه بابا, نه بابا
- نه بابا (na bâbâ)absolutely not
- نه بابا (na bâbâ)indicates astonished disbelief
Polish pod żadnym pozorem, pod żadnym warunkiem
- pod żadnym pozoremTranslations
- pod żadnym warunkiemTranslations
- pod żadnym względemTranslations
- w żadnym przypadkuTranslations
- w żadnym razieTranslations
- w żadnym wypadkuTranslations
- nie ma mowyabsolutely not
- w życiuabsolutely not
- nie może byćindicates astonished disbelief
- niemożliweindicates astonished disbelief
- nie ma mowyindicates astonished disbelief
Portuguese de nenhuma maneira, nem pensar
- de nenhuma maneiraabsolutely not
- nem pensarabsolutely not
- de jeito nenhumabsolutely not
- nada feitoabsolutely not
- impossívelindicates astonished disbelief
- nem sonhandoindicates astonished disbelief
Romanian nicicum, nicidecum
- nicicumabsolutely not
- nicidecumabsolutely not
Russian ни за что́, не мо́жет быть
- ни за что́ (ni za štó)absolutely not
- не мо́жет быть (ne móžet bytʹ)indicates astonished disbelief
- да ты что (da ty što)indicates astonished disbelief
Spanish ni modo que, de ninguna manera
- ni modo queTranslations
- de ninguna maneraabsolutely not
- de ninguna formaabsolutely not
- de ningún modoabsolutely not
- ni hablarabsolutely not
- ni hablar del peluquínabsolutely not
- ni cagandoabsolutely not
- nicaabsolutely not
- ni por asomo/piensoabsolutely not
- ni por el forroabsolutely not
- la pizaabsolutely not
- qué vaabsolutely not
- “(no,) qué va”indicates astonished disbelief
Swedish nähä, nähä
- nähäabsolutely not
- nähäindicates astonished disbelief
Thai ไม่มีทาง
- ไม่มีทางabsolutely not
Turkish asla, katiyen
- aslaabsolutely not
- katiyenabsolutely not
- olmazabsolutely not
- yok artıkindicates astonished disbelief
- daha nelerindicates astonished disbelief
- hadi canımindicates astonished disbelief
- haydi oradanindicates astonished disbelief
- git işineindicates astonished disbelief
Cite this entry
no way. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20way
“no way.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20way. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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