| 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 | - |
| necromancy | (noun) conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying | - |
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| (noun) the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world | Synonyms: black art, black magic, sorcery |
| necromania | (noun) an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | Synonyms: necrophilia, necrophilism |
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| necromantic | (adjective) relating to or associated with necromancy | Synonyms: necromantical |
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| (adjective) given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead | - |
| necromantical | (adjective) relating to or associated with necromancy | Synonyms: necromantic |
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| necrophagia | (noun) feeding on corpses or carrion | Synonyms: necrophagy |
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| necrophagy | (noun) feeding on corpses or carrion | Synonyms: necrophagia |
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| necrophilia | (noun) an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | Synonyms: necromania, necrophilism |
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| necrophilism | (noun) an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | Synonyms: necromania, necrophilia |
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| necropolis | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park |
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| necropsy | (noun) an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease | Synonyms: autopsy, PM, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem, postmortem examination |
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| necrose | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, mortify, sphacelate |
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| necrosis | (noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: gangrene, mortification, sphacelus |
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| necrotic | (adjective) relating to or affected by necrosis | - |
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| nectar | (noun) (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal | Synonyms: ambrosia |
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| (noun) fruit juice especially when undiluted | - |
| (noun) a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators | - |
| nectariferous | (adjective) possessing nectaries | - |
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| nectarine | (noun) a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin | - |
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| (noun) variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh | Synonyms: nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina |
| nectarous | (adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosial, ambrosian |
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| nectary | (noun) a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar | Synonyms: honey gland |
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| nee | (adjective) (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman | - |
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| need | (noun) the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior | Synonyms: motivation, motive |
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| (noun) anything that is necessary but lacking | Synonyms: want |
| (noun) a condition requiring relief | Synonyms: demand |
| (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury |
| (verb) have need of | Synonyms: require, want |
| (verb) have or feel a need for | - |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, postulate, require, take |
| needed | (adjective) necessary for relief or supply | Synonyms: needful, required, requisite |
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| needer | (noun) a person who wants or needs something | Synonyms: wanter |
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| needful | (adjective) necessary for relief or supply | Synonyms: needed, required, requisite |
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| needfully | (adverb) in an essential manner | Synonyms: necessarily |
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| neediness | (noun) the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree | - |
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| (noun) a state of extreme poverty | Synonyms: deprivation, privation, want |
| needle | (noun) a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) | - |
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| (noun) a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument | - |
| (noun) a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record | Synonyms: phonograph needle |
| (noun) the leaf of a conifer | Synonyms: acerate leaf |
| (verb) annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism | Synonyms: goad |
| (verb) prick with a needle | - |
| needlebush | (noun) shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia | Synonyms: Hakea lissosperma, needle-bush, needle bush |
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| needlecraft | (noun) work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle | Synonyms: needlework |
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| (noun) a creation created or assembled by needle and thread | Synonyms: needlework |
| needled | (adjective) of trees whose leaves are acerate | - |
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| needlefish | (noun) fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates | Synonyms: pipefish |
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| (noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters | Synonyms: billfish, gar |
| needlelike | (adjective) ending in a sharp point | Synonyms: acuate, acute, sharp |
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| needlepoint | (noun) embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry | Synonyms: needlepoint embroidery |
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| (noun) lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern | Synonyms: point lace |
| needless | (adjective) unnecessary and unwarranted | Synonyms: gratuitous, uncalled-for |
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| needlessly | (adverb) without need | - |
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| needlewoman | (noun) a woman who makes or mends dresses | Synonyms: modiste, seamstress, sempstress |
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| needlewood | (noun) large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia | Synonyms: Hakea leucoptera, needle-wood, needle wood |
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| needlework | (noun) work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle | Synonyms: needlecraft |
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| (noun) a creation created or assembled by needle and thread | Synonyms: needlecraft |
| needleworker | (noun) someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle | - |
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| needs | (adverb) in such a manner as could not be otherwise | Synonyms: inevitably, necessarily, of necessity |
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| needy | (adjective) demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree | - |
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| (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, poverty-stricken |
| (noun) needy people collectively | - |
| neem | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: arishth, Azadirachta indica, margosa, Melia Azadirachta, neem tree, nim tree |
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| neencephalon | (noun) the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts | Synonyms: neoencephalon |
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| nefarious | (adjective) extremely wicked | Synonyms: villainous |
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| nefariously | (adverb) in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree | - |
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| nefariousness | (noun) the quality of being wicked | Synonyms: ugliness, vileness, wickedness |
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| nefazodone | (noun) an antidepressant drug (trade name Serzone) | Synonyms: Serzone |
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