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nevertheless, adv. or conj. yet, however, notwithstanding.
new, a. recent, fresh, modern, novel, newfangled, neoteric, unfamiliar, strange; renewed, renovated, repaired, refreshed; unaccustomed, untried, inexperienced.
new custom. innovation.
newly, adv. lately, recently, freshly; anew, afresh, again.
news, n. tidings, word, report.
new word. neologism, neoterism, coinage. a.s.sociated Words: neology, neologic, neologist, neoterist, neoterize coin.
New York. Gotham.
New Yorker. Gothamite.
nice, a. fastidious, exacting, particular, punctilious, queasy, finical, difficult, squeamish, dainty; delicate, refined, dainty; discriminating, scrupulous, precise, discerning, subtle; exquisite, agreeable, pleasant, enjoyable, gratifying; fine, neat, finished.
nicety, n. niceness, precision; punctilio, subtlety, fine point.
niche, n. recess, cavity, nook, tabernacle.
nick, n. notch, indentation, dent, score, dint.
nick, v. notch, mar, deface, indent.
nickname, n. sobriquet.
n.i.g.g.e.r, n. (Colloq.) negro.
night, n. darkness. a.s.sociated Words: nocturnal, noctuary, noctidial, noctilucous, belated, benight, benighted, noctivagant, noctivagation, noctivagous, nocturne, noctiflorous pernoctalian, pernoctation, lychn.o.bite.
night-blindness, n. hemeralopia.
nightingale, n. philomel, philomela.
nightly, a. nocturnal.
nightmare, n. incubus, cacodemon, succubus.
nightshade, n. belladonna.
night-sight, n. nyctalopia.
nimble, a. agile, sprightly, deft, lively, swift, brisk, active, spry. Antonyms: slow, sluggish, clumsy, dilatory, unready, dull, heavy.
nimble-fingered, a. dexterous.
nimbus, n. halo, glory, aureola.
nincomp.o.o.p, n. (Slang) simpleton, dolt, witling, dunce. See fool.
nine, n. novenary, ennead.--a. enneatic. a.s.sociated Words: novennial, enneagon, nonagon, enneagonal, enneahedral, enneahedron.
nine days' devotion (religious). novena.
ninety, n. a.s.sociated Word: nonagesimal.
ninety years. a.s.sociated Word: nonagenarian.
nip, n. pinch; blast, cut; sarcasm, taunt, gibe.
nip, v. pinch; clip, cut off; blast, kill; chill, deaden, benumb.
nippers, n. pl. pincers, tweezers, pinchers, pliers.
nipping, a. biting, pinching, blasting, destructive.
nipple, n. teat, pap, dug, mammilla.
nitric acid. spirit of nitre, aquafortis.
nitrogen, n. azote.
no, n. refusal, denial, negative.
n.o.bby, a. (Colloq.) modish, stylish, fas.h.i.+onable.
n.o.bility, n. n.o.bleness, high-mindedness, magnanimity, excellence, superiority, dignity; peerage, aristocracy, patrician cla.s.s.
n.o.ble, a. eminent, exalted, magnanimous, superior; stately, magnificent, splendid, imposing, grand; aristocratic highborn, patrician.
n.o.ble, n. n.o.bleman, peer, grandee. Antonyms: commoner, proletary, plebeian.
n.o.bleman, n. n.o.ble, peer, lord, aristocrat, patrician, grandee.
n.o.blewoman, n. peeress.
n.o.body, n. nonent.i.ty, jackstraw.
nod, n. bow.
nodding, n. bowing, nutation.--a. annuent, bowing, nutant.
noise, n. sound; racket, clamor, din, outcry, clatter, uproar, hubbub, tumult, rout, blare, vociferation, hullabaloo (Colloq.), powwow (Slang), hilarity.
noiseless, a. still, silent, quiet, inaudible.
noisome, a. unwholesome, noxious, pestilential; offensive, malodorous, fetid, stinking.
