naturalize | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalise |
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(verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalise |
(verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalise |
(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, tame |
(verb) explain with reference to nature | - |
naturalized | (adjective) planted so as to give an effect of wild growth | Synonyms: naturalised |
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(adjective) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | Synonyms: established |
naturally | (adverb) as might be expected | Synonyms: course, of course |
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(adverb) according to nature; by natural means; without artificial help | - |
(adverb) in a natural or normal manner | - |
(adverb) through inherent nature | Synonyms: by nature |
naturalness | (noun) the quality of being natural or based on natural principles | - |
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(noun) the likeness of a representation to the thing represented | - |
(noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: artlessness, ingenuousness, innocence |
nature | (noun) the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions | - |
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(noun) the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized | - |
(noun) a particular type of thing | - |
(noun) the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc. | - |
(noun) a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe | - |
naturism | (noun) going without clothes as a social practice | Synonyms: nudism |
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naturist | (noun) a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion | Synonyms: nudist |
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naturistic | (adjective) in accord with naturism | - |
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naturopath | (noun) a therapist who practices naturopathy | - |
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naturopathy | (noun) a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process | - |
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nauch | (noun) an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls | Synonyms: nautch, nautch dance |
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naught | (noun) complete failure | - |
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(noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo |
naughtily | (adverb) in a disobedient or naughty way | Synonyms: badly, mischievously |
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naughtiness | (noun) an attribute of mischievous children | Synonyms: badness, mischievousness |
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naughty | (adjective) badly behaved | - |
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(adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamey, gamy, juicy, racy, risque, spicy |
naumachia | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachy |
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naumachy | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachia |
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naupathia | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling on water | Synonyms: mal de mer, seasickness |
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nausea | (noun) disgust so strong it makes you feel sick | - |
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(noun) the state that precedes vomiting | Synonyms: sickness |
nauseant | (noun) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: emetic, vomit, vomitive |
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nauseate | (verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, disgust, revolt, sicken |
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(verb) upset and make nauseated | Synonyms: sicken, turn one's stomach |
nauseated | (adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit | Synonyms: nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish |
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nauseating | (adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile |
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nauseatingness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, distastefulness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
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nauseous | (adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit | Synonyms: nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish |
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(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile |
nautch | (noun) an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls | Synonyms: nauch, nautch dance |
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nautical | (adjective) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen | Synonyms: marine, maritime |
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nautilus | (noun) cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions | Synonyms: chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus |
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(noun) cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells | Synonyms: Argonaut, Argonauta argo, paper nautilus |
(noun) a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power | Synonyms: nuclear-powered submarine, nuclear submarine |
naval | (adjective) connected with or belonging to or used in a navy | - |
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nave | (noun) the central area of a church | - |
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navel | (noun) a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | Synonyms: belly button, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus |
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(noun) the center point or middle of something | Synonyms: navel point |
navicular | (adjective) shaped like a boat | Synonyms: scaphoid |
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(noun) the largest wrist bone on the thumb side | Synonyms: os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone |
navigability | (noun) the quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft | - |
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navigable | (adjective) able to be sailed on or through safely | - |
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navigate | (verb) act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance | Synonyms: pilot |
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(verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: sail, voyage |
(verb) direct carefully and safely | - |
navigation | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: pilotage, piloting |
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(noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: sailing, seafaring |
(noun) ship traffic | - |
navigational | (adjective) of or relating to navigation | - |
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navigator | (noun) in earlier times, a person who explored by ship | - |
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(noun) the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course | - |
(noun) the ship's officer in charge of navigation | Synonyms: sailing master |
navvy | (noun) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work | Synonyms: drudge, galley slave, peon |
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navy | (noun) a dark shade of blue | Synonyms: dark blue, navy blue |
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(noun) an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare | Synonyms: naval forces |
nawab | (noun) a governor in India during the Mogul empire | Synonyms: nabob |
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nay | (noun) used to express negation | - |
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(adverb) not this merely but also; not only so but | - |
naysayer | (noun) someone with an aggressively negative attitude | - |
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naysaying | (noun) the act of saying no to a request | - |
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nazi | (noun) derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc. | - |
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nazify | (verb) cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character | - |
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neandertal | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, oafish, swinish |
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neanderthal | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neandertal, oafish, swinish |
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neap | (noun) a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon | Synonyms: neap tide |
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near | (adjective) not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances | Synonyms: close, nigh |
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(adjective) closely resembling the genuine article | - |
(adjective) with or in a close or intimate relationship | Synonyms: dear, good |
(adjective) being on the left side | Synonyms: nigh |
(adjective) giving or spending with reluctance | Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, penny-pinching, skinny |
(adjective) very close in resemblance | Synonyms: approximate |
(adverb) near in time or place or relationship | Synonyms: close, nigh |
(adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
(verb) move towards | Synonyms: approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up |
nearby | (adjective) close at hand | - |
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(adverb) not far away in relative terms | - |
nearer | (adverb) (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance | Synonyms: closer, nigher |
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nearest | (adverb) (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance | Synonyms: closest, nighest |
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nearly | (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
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(adverb) in a close manner | Synonyms: closely, intimately |
nearness | (noun) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance | Synonyms: closeness |
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nearside | (noun) the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb | - |
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nearsighted | (adjective) unable to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: myopic, shortsighted |
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nearsightedness | (noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: myopia, shortsightedness |
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neat | (adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed | Synonyms: clean |
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(adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
(adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject | Synonyms: facile, slick |
(adjective) clean or organized | Synonyms: orderly |
(adjective) (of an alcoholic drink) without water | Synonyms: full-strength, straight |
(adjective) showing care in execution | - |
neaten | (verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: groom |
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(verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
neatly | (adverb) with neatness | - |
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neatness | (noun) the trait of being neat and orderly | Synonyms: tidiness |
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(noun) the state of being neat and smart and trim | Synonyms: spruceness |
neb | (noun) horny projecting mouth of a bird | Synonyms: beak, bill, nib, pecker |
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(noun) a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose | Synonyms: snout |
nebbech | (noun) (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton | Synonyms: nebbish |
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nebbish | (noun) (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton | Synonyms: nebbech |
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nebuchadnezzar | (noun) a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display | - |
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nebula | (noun) (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea | - |
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(noun) an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space | - |
(noun) cloudiness of the urine | - |
(noun) a medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer | - |
nebular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a nebula | Synonyms: nebulous |
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(adjective) resembling a cloud | Synonyms: cloudlike |
nebule | (noun) a small cloud | - |
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nebuliser | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomiser, atomizer, nebulizer, spray, sprayer |
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nebulizer | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomiser, atomizer, nebuliser, spray, sprayer |
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nebulose | (adjective) lacking definite form or limits | Synonyms: cloudy, nebulous |
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nebulous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a nebula | Synonyms: nebular |
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(adjective) lacking definition or definite content | Synonyms: unfixed |
(adjective) lacking definite form or limits | Synonyms: cloudy, nebulose |
nebulously | (adverb) in a nebulous and indefinite manner | - |
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necessarily | (adverb) in an essential manner | Synonyms: needfully |
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(adverb) as a highly likely consequence | - |
(adverb) in such a manner as could not be otherwise | Synonyms: inevitably, needs, of necessity |
necessary | (adjective) absolutely essential | - |
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(adjective) unavoidably determined by prior circumstances | - |
(noun) anything indispensable | Synonyms: essential, necessity, requirement, requisite |
necessitarian | (noun) someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will | - |
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necessitate | (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, need, postulate, require, take |
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(verb) cause to be a concomitant | - |
necessitous | (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, poverty-stricken |
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necessity | (noun) anything indispensable | Synonyms: essential, necessary, requirement, requisite |
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(noun) the condition of being essential or indispensable | - |
neck | (noun) an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck | Synonyms: neck opening |
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(noun) a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form | - |
(noun) the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body | Synonyms: cervix |
(noun) a cut of meat from the neck of an animal | - |
(noun) a narrow elongated projecting strip of land | - |
(verb) kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion | Synonyms: make out |
neckband | (noun) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over | Synonyms: collar |
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(noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: choker, collar, dog collar |
(noun) a band around the collar of a garment | - |
neckcloth | (noun) an ornamental white cravat | Synonyms: stock |
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necked | (adjective) having a neck or having a neck especially as specified | - |
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necker | (noun) a lover who necks | - |
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neckerchief | (noun) a kerchief worn around the neck | - |
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necking | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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(noun) the molding at the top of a column | Synonyms: gorgerin |
necklace | (noun) jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) | - |
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neckless | (adjective) lacking or apparently lacking a neck | - |
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necklet | (noun) decoration worn about the neck (fur piece or tight necklace) as an ornament | - |
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necklike | (adjective) resembling a neck | - |
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neckline | (noun) the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck | - |
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neckpiece | (noun) an article of apparel worn about the neck | - |
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necktie | (noun) neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front | Synonyms: tie |
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neckwear | (noun) articles of clothing worn about the neck | - |
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necrobiosis | (noun) (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) | Synonyms: cell death |
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necrolatry | (noun) superstitious worship or veneration of the dead. | - |
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necrology | (noun) a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography | Synonyms: obit, obituary |
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(noun) a list of people who died recently | - |
necrolysis | (noun) disintegration and dissolution of dead tissue | - |
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necromancer | (noun) one who practices magic or sorcery | Synonyms: magician, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard |
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(noun) one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead | - |