| nacreous
|
(adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors |
Synonyms:
iridescent,
pearlescent,
opalescent,
opaline |
|---|
| (adjective) consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl |
- |
| nagging
|
(adjective) continually complaining or faultfinding |
Synonyms:
shrewish |
|---|
| naiant
|
(adjective) applied to a fish depicted horizontally |
Synonyms:
swimming |
|---|
| naif
|
(adjective) marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience |
Synonyms:
naive |
|---|
| naive
|
(adjective) marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience |
Synonyms:
naif |
|---|
| (adjective) of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style |
Synonyms:
primitive |
| (adjective) inexperienced |
- |
| (adjective) lacking information or instruction |
Synonyms:
unenlightened,
uninstructed |
| (adjective) not initiated; deficient in relevant experience |
Synonyms:
uninitiate,
uninitiated |
| naked
|
(adjective) having no clothes on the body |
Synonyms:
nude,
au naturel,
bare |
|---|
| (adjective) having no protecting or concealing cover |
Synonyms:
defenseless |
| (adjective) (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument |
- |
| (adjective) devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure |
Synonyms:
raw |
| (adjective) lacking any cover |
- |
| nameless
|
(adjective) being or having an unknown or unnamed source |
Synonyms:
unidentified,
unknown,
unnamed |
|---|
| naming
|
(adjective) inclined to or serving for the giving of names |
Synonyms:
appellative |
|---|
| nanocephalic
|
(adjective) having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain |
Synonyms:
microcephalic,
microcephalous |
|---|
| napped
|
(adjective) (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing |
Synonyms:
brushed,
fleecy |
|---|
| napping
|
(adjective) not prepared or vigilant |
Synonyms:
off guard,
off her guard,
off his guard,
off one's guard,
off your guard,
off-guard |
|---|
| nappy
|
(adjective) (of hair) in small tight curls |
Synonyms:
kinky,
crisp,
frizzly,
frizzy |
|---|
| narcissistic
|
(adjective) characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance |
Synonyms:
egotistic,
egotistical,
self-loving |
|---|
| narcoleptic
|
(adjective) of or relating to narcolepsy |
- |
|---|
| narcotic
|
(adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis |
Synonyms:
narcotising,
narcotizing |
|---|
| (adjective) inducing mental lethargy |
Synonyms:
soporiferous,
soporific |
| (adjective) of or relating to or designating narcotics |
- |
| narcotised
|
(adjective) under the influence of narcotics |
Synonyms:
narcotized,
doped,
drugged |
|---|
| narcotising
|
(adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis |
Synonyms:
narcotic,
narcotizing |
|---|
| narcotized
|
(adjective) under the influence of narcotics |
Synonyms:
narcotised,
doped,
drugged |
|---|
| narcotizing
|
(adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis |
Synonyms:
narcotic,
narcotising |
|---|
| narial
|
(adjective) of or relating to or near the nares |
- |
|---|
| narrative
|
(adjective) consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story |
- |
|---|
| narrow
|
(adjective) not wide |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view |
Synonyms:
narrow-minded |
| (adjective) very limited in degree |
- |
| (adjective) limited in extent or scope |
- |
| (adjective) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination |
Synonyms:
minute |
| narrowed
|
(adjective) reduced in size as by squeezing together |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) made narrow; limited in breadth |
- |
| narrowing
|
(adjective) becoming gradually narrower |
Synonyms:
tapered,
tapering |
|---|
| (adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom |
Synonyms:
constricting,
constrictive |
| nary
|
(adjective) (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a' |
- |
|---|
| nasal
|
(adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched |
Synonyms:
pinched,
adenoidal |
|---|
| (adjective) of or in or relating to the nose |
Synonyms:
rhinal |
| nascent
|
(adjective) being born or beginning |
- |
|---|
| nasopharyngeal
|
(adjective) of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx |
- |
|---|
| nasty
|
(adjective) offensive or even (of persons) malicious |
Synonyms:
awful |
|---|
| (adjective) exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent |
Synonyms:
tight |
| (adjective) characterized by obscenity |
Synonyms:
smutty,
cruddy,
filthy,
foul |
| (adjective) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter |
Synonyms:
filthy,
foul |
| natal
|
(adjective) relating to or accompanying birth |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) of or relating to the buttocks |
- |
| national
|
(adjective) of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) limited to or in the interests of a particular nation |
- |
| (adjective) concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country |
- |
| (adjective) characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation |
- |
| (adjective) of or relating to nationality |
- |
| (adjective) owned or maintained for the public by the national government |
- |
| (adjective) inside the country |
Synonyms:
interior,
internal,
home |
| nationalist
|
(adjective) devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others |
Synonyms:
nationalistic |
|---|
| nationalistic
|
(adjective) fanatically patriotic |
Synonyms:
jingoistic,
ultranationalistic,
superpatriotic,
chauvinistic,
flag-waving |
|---|
| (adjective) devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others |
Synonyms:
nationalist |
| nationwide
|
(adjective) occurring or extending throughout a country or nation |
Synonyms:
countrywide |
|---|
| native
|
(adjective) characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) belonging to one by birth |
- |
| (adjective) characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning |
Synonyms:
aboriginal |
| (adjective) as found in nature in the elemental form |
- |
| nativist
|
(adjective) advocating the perpetuation of native societies |
Synonyms:
nativistic |
|---|
| (adjective) of or relating to or advocating nativism |
Synonyms:
nativistic |
| nativistic
|
(adjective) advocating the perpetuation of native societies |
Synonyms:
nativist |
|---|
| (adjective) of or relating to or advocating nativism |
Synonyms:
nativist |
| natriuretic
|
(adjective) of or relating to natriuresis |
- |
|---|
| natty
|
(adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners |
Synonyms:
raffish,
rakish,
jaunty,
dapper,
dashing,
snappy,
spiffy,
spruce |
|---|
| natural
|
(adjective) in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation |
- |
| (adjective) existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical |
- |
| (adjective) (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone |
- |
| (adjective) (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related |
Synonyms:
biological |
| (adjective) functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies |
- |
| (adjective) unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct |
Synonyms:
instinctive |
| (adjective) (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes |
Synonyms:
raw,
rude |
| (adjective) being talented through inherited qualities |
Synonyms:
innate,
born |
| (adjective) free from artificiality |
Synonyms:
lifelike |
| naturalised
|
(adjective) planted so as to give an effect of wild growth |
Synonyms:
naturalized |
|---|
| naturalistic
|
(adjective) representing what is real; not abstract or ideal |
Synonyms:
realistic |
|---|
| naturalized
|
(adjective) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation |
Synonyms:
established |
|---|
| (adjective) planted so as to give an effect of wild growth |
Synonyms:
naturalised |
| naturistic
|
(adjective) in accord with naturism |
- |
|---|
| naughty
|
(adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety |
Synonyms:
racy,
risque,
juicy,
gamey,
gamy,
spicy,
blue |
|---|
| (adjective) badly behaved |
- |
| nauseated
|
(adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit |
Synonyms:
nauseous,
queasy,
sick,
sickish |
|---|
| nauseating
|
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea |
Synonyms:
nauseous,
noisome,
queasy,
offensive,
sickening,
vile,
loathsome |
|---|
| nauseous
|
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea |
Synonyms:
nauseating,
noisome,
queasy,
offensive,
sickening,
vile,
loathsome |
|---|
| (adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit |
Synonyms:
nauseated,
queasy,
sick,
sickish |
| nautical
|
(adjective) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen |
Synonyms:
marine,
maritime |
|---|
| naval
|
(adjective) connected with or belonging to or used in a navy |
- |
|---|
| navicular
|
(adjective) shaped like a boat |
Synonyms:
scaphoid |
|---|
| navigable
|
(adjective) able to be sailed on or through safely |
- |
|---|
| navigational
|
(adjective) of or relating to navigation |
- |
|---|
| neandertal
|
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance |
Synonyms:
neanderthal,
oafish,
swinish,
boorish,
loutish |
|---|
| neanderthal
|
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance |
Synonyms:
neandertal,
oafish,
swinish,
boorish,
loutish |
|---|
| near
|
(adjective) not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances |
Synonyms:
nigh,
close |
|---|
| (adjective) being on the left side |
Synonyms:
nigh |
| (adjective) closely resembling the genuine article |
- |
| (adjective) giving or spending with reluctance |
Synonyms:
penny-pinching,
skinny,
cheeseparing,
close |
| (adjective) with or in a close or intimate relationship |
Synonyms:
dear,
good |
| (adjective) very close in resemblance |
Synonyms:
approximate |
| nearby
|
(adjective) close at hand |
- |
|---|
| nearsighted
|
(adjective) unable to see distant objects clearly |
Synonyms:
myopic,
shortsighted |
|---|
| neat
|
(adjective) clean or organized |
Synonyms:
orderly |
|---|
| (adjective) showing care in execution |
- |
| (adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed |
Synonyms:
clean |
| (adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject |
Synonyms:
slick,
facile |
| (adjective) excellent |
Synonyms:
nifty,
not bad,
dandy,
peachy,
keen,
old,
great,
groovy,
slap-up,
smashing,
swell,
corking,
cracking,
bang-up,
bully |
| (adjective) (of an alcoholic drink) without water |
Synonyms:
straight,
full-strength |
| nebular
|
(adjective) resembling a cloud |
Synonyms:
cloudlike |
|---|
| (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a nebula |
Synonyms:
nebulous |
| nebulose
|
(adjective) lacking definite form or limits |
Synonyms:
nebulous,
cloudy |
|---|
| nebulous
|
(adjective) lacking definite form or limits |
Synonyms:
nebulose,
cloudy |
|---|
| (adjective) lacking definition or definite content |
Synonyms:
unfixed |
| (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a nebula |
Synonyms:
nebular |
| necessary
|
(adjective) absolutely essential |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) unavoidably determined by prior circumstances |
- |
| necessitous
|
(adjective) poor enough to need help from others |
Synonyms:
needy,
impoverished,
indigent,
destitute,
poverty-stricken |
|---|
| necked
|
(adjective) having a neck or having a neck especially as specified |
- |
|---|
| neckless
|
(adjective) lacking or apparently lacking a neck |
- |
|---|
| necklike
|
(adjective) resembling a neck |
- |
|---|
| necromantic
|
(adjective) given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to or associated with necromancy |
Synonyms:
necromantical |
| necromantical
|
(adjective) relating to or associated with necromancy |
Synonyms:
necromantic |
|---|
| necrotic
|
(adjective) relating to or affected by necrosis |
- |
|---|
| nectariferous
|
(adjective) possessing nectaries |
- |
|---|
| nectarous
|
(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant |
Synonyms:
ambrosial,
ambrosian |
|---|
| nee
|
(adjective) (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman |
- |
|---|
| needed
|
(adjective) necessary for relief or supply |
Synonyms:
required,
requisite,
needful |
|---|
| needful
|
(adjective) necessary for relief or supply |
Synonyms:
required,
requisite,
needed |
|---|
| needled
|
(adjective) of trees whose leaves are acerate |
- |
|---|
| needlelike
|
(adjective) ending in a sharp point |
Synonyms:
sharp,
acuate,
acute |
|---|
| needless
|
(adjective) unnecessary and unwarranted |
Synonyms:
uncalled-for,
gratuitous |
|---|
| needy
|
(adjective) poor enough to need help from others |
Synonyms:
necessitous,
impoverished,
indigent,
destitute,
poverty-stricken |
|---|
| (adjective) demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree |
- |
| nefarious
|
(adjective) extremely wicked |
Synonyms:
villainous |
|---|
| negative
|
(adjective) characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial |
- |
| (adjective) not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition |
Synonyms:
disconfirming |
| (adjective) reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive |
- |
| (adjective) having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant |
- |
| (adjective) less than zero |
- |
| (adjective) designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions |
Synonyms:
damaging |
| (adjective) having a negative charge |
Synonyms:
negatively charged,
electronegative |
| (adjective) involving disadvantage or harm |
Synonyms:
minus |
| neglected
|
(adjective) disregarded |
Synonyms:
unheeded,
ignored |
|---|
| (adjective) lacking a caretaker |
Synonyms:
unattended |
| neglectful
|
(adjective) not showing due care or attention |
Synonyms:
inattentive |
|---|
| (adjective) failing in what duty requires |
Synonyms:
remiss,
delinquent,
derelict |
| negligent
|
(adjective) characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern |
- |
|---|
| negligible
|
(adjective) so small as to be meaningless; insignificant |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) not worth considering |
Synonyms:
paltry,
trifling |
| negotiable
|
(adjective) capable of being passed or negotiated |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise |
Synonyms:
on the table |
| (adjective) legally transferable to the ownership of another |
Synonyms:
conveyable,
assignable,
transferable,
transferrable |
| negro
|
(adjective) having skin rich in melanin pigments; |
Synonyms:
colored,
coloured |
|---|
| neighboring
|
(adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching |
Synonyms:
conterminous,
contiguous,
adjacent |
|---|
| neighborly
|
(adjective) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor |
Synonyms:
neighbourly |
|---|
| neighbourly
|
(adjective) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor |
Synonyms:
neighborly |
|---|
| neither
|
(adjective) not either; not one or the other; entity, dual, negative pronoun; quantifier, dual, negative |
- |
|---|
| neo
|
(adjective) (used as a combining form) recent or new |
- |
|---|
| neoclassic
|
(adjective) characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style |
Synonyms:
neoclassical |
|---|
| neoclassical
|
(adjective) characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style |
Synonyms:
neoclassic |
|---|
| neoclassicist
|
(adjective) relating to or advocating neoclassicism |
Synonyms:
neoclassicistic |
|---|
| neoclassicistic
|
(adjective) relating to or advocating neoclassicism |
Synonyms:
neoclassicist |
|---|
| neocortical
|
(adjective) of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum |
- |
|---|
| neoliberal
|
(adjective) having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values |
- |
|---|
| neolithic
|
(adjective) of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic) |
- |
|---|
| neonatal
|
(adjective) relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth |
- |
|---|