| negligent | (adjective) characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern | - |
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| neoclassicist | (adjective) relating to or advocating neoclassicism | Synonyms: neoclassicistic |
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| nescient | (adjective) holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible | Synonyms: unbelieving |
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| (adjective) uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | Synonyms: ignorant, unlearned, unlettered |
| net | (adjective) remaining after all deductions | Synonyms: nett |
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| (adjective) conclusive in a process or progression | Synonyms: final, last |
| nethermost | (adjective) farthest down | Synonyms: bottommost, lowermost |
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| nett | (adjective) remaining after all deductions | Synonyms: net |
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| next | (adjective) nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space | Synonyms: adjacent, side by side |
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| (adjective) (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving | Synonyms: future, succeeding |
| (adjective) immediately following in time or order | Synonyms: following |
| (adjective) (of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment | - |
| nilpotent | (adjective) equal to zero when raised to a certain power | - |
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| nocent | (adjective) having a tendency to cause harm | - |
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| noctilucent | (adjective) shining or glowing by night | - |
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| nonabsorbent | (adjective) not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids) | Synonyms: nonabsorptive |
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| nonadjacent | (adjective) not adjacent; not next | - |
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| nonadsorbent | (adjective) lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: nonadsorptive |
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| nonastringent | (adjective) not astringent | - |
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| nonbelligerent | (adjective) not directly at war | - |
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| nonchalant | (adjective) marked by blithe unconcern | Synonyms: casual, insouciant |
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| noncombatant | (adjective) member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon | - |
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| (adjective) used of civilians in time of war | - |
| noncompliant | (adjective) boldly resisting authority or an opposing force | Synonyms: defiant |
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| nonconformist | (adjective) not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought | Synonyms: unconformist |
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| (adjective) not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion | Synonyms: nonconforming |
| nonconvergent | (adjective) (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing | Synonyms: nonintersecting |
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| noncurrent | (adjective) not current or belonging to the present time | - |
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| nondescript | (adjective) lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting | Synonyms: characterless |
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| noneffervescent | (adjective) not effervescent | - |
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| (adjective) not sparkling | Synonyms: still |
| nonequivalent | (adjective) not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance | - |
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| nonexempt | (adjective) (of persons) not exempt from an obligation or liability | - |
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| (adjective) (of goods or funds) subject to taxation | Synonyms: taxable |
| nonexistent | (adjective) not having existence or being or actuality | - |
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| nonextant | (adjective) no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives | Synonyms: extinct |
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| (adjective) no longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction | - |
| nonfat | (adjective) without fat or fat solids | Synonyms: fat-free, fatless |
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| nonindulgent | (adjective) characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | Synonyms: strict |
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| nonobservant | (adjective) failing or refusing to observe religious customs | - |
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| nonpregnant | (adjective) not pregnant | - |
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| nonprofit | (adjective) not commercially motivated | Synonyms: non-profit-making |
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| nonpurulent | (adjective) not containing pus | - |
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| nonracist | (adjective) unprejudiced about race | Synonyms: color-blind, colour-blind |
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| nonresident | (adjective) not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents | - |
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| nonresilient | (adjective) not resilient | - |
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| nonresistant | (adjective) offering no resistance, compliant | - |
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| (adjective) (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with | Synonyms: liable, nonimmune, unresistant |
| nonresonant | (adjective) not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate | Synonyms: unreverberant |
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| nonruminant | (adjective) not ruminant | - |
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| nonsignificant | (adjective) attributable to chance | - |
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| nonsweet | (adjective) not containing sugar | Synonyms: sugarless |
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| nonturbulent | (adjective) (of a liquid) not turbulent | - |
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| nonviolent | (adjective) abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence | - |
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| (adjective) achieved without bloodshed | Synonyms: unbloody |
| northeast | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeasterly, northeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northeast | Synonyms: northeasterly |
| northernmost | (adjective) situated farthest north | Synonyms: northmost |
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| northmost | (adjective) situated farthest north | Synonyms: northernmost |
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| northwest | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwesterly, northwestern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northwest | Synonyms: northwesterly |
| nurturant | (adjective) providing physical and emotional care and nourishment | - |
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| nutrient | (adjective) of or providing nourishment | Synonyms: alimental, alimentary, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive |
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| obedient | (adjective) dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority | - |
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| observant | (adjective) paying close attention especially to details | - |
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| (adjective) (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs | Synonyms: law-abiding |
| (adjective) quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | Synonyms: observing |
| obsolescent | (adjective) becoming obsolete | - |
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| occult | (adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, orphic, secret |
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| (adjective) hidden and difficult to see | - |
| occurrent | (adjective) presently occurring (either causally or incidentally) | - |
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| offbeat | (adjective) (informal) strikingly unconventional | Synonyms: far-out, kinky, quirky, way-out |
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| omnipotent | (adjective) having unlimited power | Synonyms: all-powerful, almighty |
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| omnipresent | (adjective) being present everywhere at once | Synonyms: ubiquitous |
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| omniscient | (adjective) infinitely wise | Synonyms: all-knowing |
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| opalescent | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opaline, pearlescent |
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| opencast | (adjective) (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface | Synonyms: opencut |
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| opencut | (adjective) (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface | Synonyms: opencast |
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| operant | (adjective) having influence or producing an effect | - |
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| operationalist | (adjective) of or relating to or espousing operationalism | - |
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| opponent | (adjective) characterized by active hostility | Synonyms: opposing |
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| opportunist | (adjective) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | Synonyms: opportunistic, timeserving |
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| opulent | (adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, princely, sumptuous |
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| oscitant | (adjective) showing lack of attention or boredom | Synonyms: drowsy, yawning |
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| out | (adjective) not allowed to continue to bat or run | - |
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| (adjective) being out or having grown cold | Synonyms: extinct |
| (adjective) outside or external | - |
| (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten |
| (adjective) not worth considering as a possibility | - |
| (adjective) outer or outlying | - |
| (adjective) directed outward or serving to direct something outward | - |
| (adjective) knocked unconscious by a heavy blow | Synonyms: kayoed, knocked out, KO'd, stunned |
| (adjective) no longer fashionable | - |
| (adjective) out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election | - |
| outcast | (adjective) excluded from a society | Synonyms: friendless |
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| outermost | (adjective) situated at the farthest possible point from a center | Synonyms: outmost |
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| outmost | (adjective) situated at the farthest possible point from a center | Synonyms: outermost |
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| outright | (adjective) without reservation or exception | Synonyms: straight-out, unlimited |
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| overabundant | (adjective) excessively abundant | Synonyms: plethoric, rife |
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| overcast | (adjective) filled or abounding with clouds | Synonyms: cloud-covered, clouded, sunless |
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| overconfident | (adjective) marked by excessive confidence | Synonyms: cocksure, positive |
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| overindulgent | (adjective) excessively indulgent | - |
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| overmodest | (adjective) affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | Synonyms: coy, demure |
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| overnight | (adjective) lasting, open, or operating through the whole night | Synonyms: all-night, nightlong |
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| overshot | (adjective) having an upper part projecting beyond the lower | - |
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| overt | (adjective) open and observable; not secret or hidden | Synonyms: open |
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| overvaliant | (adjective) having or showing undue valor or boldness | - |
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| overweight | (adjective) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it | Synonyms: fleshy, heavy |
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| overwrought | (adjective) deeply agitated especially from emotion | Synonyms: distraught |
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| pacifist | (adjective) opposed to war | Synonyms: dovish, pacifistic |
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| palpitant | (adjective) having a slight and rapid trembling motion | Synonyms: palpitating |
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| pantheist | (adjective) of or relating to pantheism | Synonyms: pantheistic |
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| papist | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism | Synonyms: papistic, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish |
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| paramount | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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| parturient | (adjective) of or relating to or giving birth | - |
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| (adjective) giving birth | - |
| passant | (adjective) in walking position with right foreleg raised | - |
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| past | (adjective) earlier than the present time; no longer current | - |
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| (adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: preceding, retiring |
| pat | (adjective) exactly suited to the occasion | - |
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| (adjective) having only superficial plausibility | Synonyms: glib, slick |
| patent | (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, plain, unmistakable |
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| (adjective) (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage | - |
| patient | (adjective) enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance | - |
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| peanut | (adjective) of little importance or influence or power; of minor status | Synonyms: insignificant |
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| pearlescent | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline |
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| peccant | (adjective) liable to sin | Synonyms: peccable |
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| pendant | (adjective) held from above and hanging down | Synonyms: dependent, pendent |
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| pendent | (adjective) held from above and hanging down | Synonyms: dependent, pendant |
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| penitent | (adjective) feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds | Synonyms: repentant |
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