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Nnab,v.(Colloq.)grab,snatch,seize.nag,v.(Colloq.)plague,tease,twit,hector,torment,scold.naïve,a.artless,innocent, ingenuous,frank.naïveté,n.artlessness,innocence, ingenuousness,candor.naked,a.nude, undressed,bare; unexaggerated, uncolored,exact, literal.nakedness,n.nudity,bareness;exactness, literalness,accuracy.name,n.appellation, designation, denomination; epithet, title, cognomen,surname, cognomination, pseudonym, patronymic, metronymic, alias, penname, prænomen, sobriquet,nom de plume,nom de guerre,nickname, eponym, misnomer, euphemism, agnomen, allonym, anonym, autonym, appellative, byname, caconym, cryptonym, compellation, compellative, dionym, trionym, polyonym, diminutive;repute,fame,renown,reputation.Associated words: nominal, nominally, titular, titulary, onomatology, patronomatology, onomasticon, orismology, pseudepigraphy, pseudonymity, roster,register, née, nomancy, namesake, eponymy, of that ilk, nomenclator, heteronym, synedoche, nominative.name,v.entitle, denominate,style,call, christen, dub, term; designate,specify, nominate.nameless,a.unnamed; undistinguished, inglorious,unknown,obscure; anonymous; unnamable,inexpressible.namelessness,n.anonymity;obscurity.names,n. pl.nomenclature, terminology.Naples,n.Associated word: Neapolitan.narcotic,n.stupefacient,sedative, anæsthetic,opiate, anodyne.narrate,v.recount,recite, tellabout,relate.narration,n.narrative,relation,recital,story.narrative,n.narration,account,portrayal,story,tale.narrow,a.limited, circumscribed, incapacious, contracted,straitened, cramped;bigoted,illiberal, uncatholic,narrow-minded, insular.narrow,v.contract,reduce, constrict,restrict,limit,cramp,confine.narrowing,n.contraction,reduction, constriction, limitation circumscription.narrow-minded,a.illiberal,bigoted,intolerant,narrow, uncatholic.narrow-mindedness,n.illiberality,bigotry,bias,intolerance, insularity, uncatholicity.narrowness,n.contractedness, incapaciousness, circumscription.narrows,n.strait,sound.nastiness,n.squalor, filthiness,pollution,filth,corruption, dirtiness;indecency,smut,obscenity, bawdry,ribaldry,indelicacy,lewdness.nasty,a.filthy,squalid,foul, polluted,dirty;indecent,indelicate,gross,ribald,lewd,obscene,smutty,shameless;odious,sickening,repulsive,nauseous,disgusting,disagreeable.native,a.natal; indigenous,natural, aboriginal, autochthonal; vernacular,mother;genuine, congenital,inherent,inborn, inbred,innate,original.Antonyms:foreign,artificial, exotic, acquired,assumed,unnatural.native,n.aboriginal, denizen (by birth), indigene.natives,n. pl.aborigines.natty,a.(Colloq.)neat,spruce,trim,jaunty,dapper,chic.natural,a.native,inborn, congenital,innate,characteristic;original, indigenous;normal,regular,legitimate;artless,unaffected, ingenuous,spontaneous,simple; unregenerate.Antonyms:unnatural, acquired,affected, simulated.naturalization,n.denization.naturalize,v.familiarize,accustom,habituate, acclimatize,adapt,acclimate.natural philosophy.physics.nature,n.creation, universe, cosmos,world;kind,sort,character,quality,species;disposition,mood,temper, essence,constitution.Associated words: physiography, physiogony, connatural, connaturalness.nature worship.physiolatry.naughty,a.disobedient, mischievous,perverse,forward,refractory.nausea,n.seasickness;qualm, squeamishness, queasiness, qualmishness.nauseate,v.sicken,disgust,revolt; recoil from,abhor, abominate.nauseous,a.disgusting, nauseating,offensive,sickening,fulsome,distasteful.nautical,a.naval,marine,maritime, oceanic.nautilus,n.Tetrabranchiata; argonaut, papernautilus; diving-bell.naval,a.nautical,marine,maritime.navel,n.umbilicus, omphalos.navel string.funis, umbilicalcord.navigate,v.sail, cruise;guide,steer,direct; circumnavigatenear,a.nigh,close,adjacent,neighboring, contiguous, proximate, approximate to; intimate, confidential, bosom; immediate, imminent,impending, forthcoming.Antonyms:distant,remote,far.nearness,n.closeness, proximity, propinquity, contiguity, adjacency, imminence, approximation, approxi-mateness intimacy,familiarity.near-sighted,a. myopic,short-sighted, purblind.near-sightedness,n. myopia.near-sighted person.myope.neat,a.tidy,orderly,trim,clean, cleanly;tasteful,trim, finished, artistic,nice,excellent, adroit;dainty;spruce;dapper,natty.Antonyms:dowdy,slovenly,slatternly,untidy,tawdry,gaudy,frowzy,disorderly, unkempt.necessary,a.requisite,essential, needed,needful, indispensable inevitable,unavoidable.Antonyms: nonessential,unnecessary,optional,discretional,casual,needless.necessary,n.requisite,requirement,essential,sine qua non.necessity,n.requisite,necessary,requirement,essential; exigency,urgency; indispensability.Antonyms:choice,option, contingency, doubtfulness,possibility.neck,n.Associated words: nape, cervical, scruff, atlas, axis, palea, dewlap, scrag, gula, nucha, auchenium, décolleté, jugular, jugulum,wattle, wimple,wryneck, torticollis, Adam'sapple, splenius, ruche, colliform, fichu, withers, gorget, carotid,goiter, retrocollic, cruels, nuchalgia, ruff, crane.necktie,n.cravat, neckcloth,scarf,tie.necromancer,n.wizard,sorcerer,magician,conjurer, exorcist,soothsayer, diviner.necromancy,n.magic,conjuration,enchantment,sorcery, blackart.need,n.want,necessity, extremity,strait, exigency,urgency;poverty,penury,privation, indigence.need,v.require,lack,want.needful,a.requisite,necessary,essential, indispensable, required.needleprick,n.acupuncture.needless,a.unnecessary,groundless,unfounded.needlewoman,n.seamstress.needs,adv.necessarily.needy,a.destitute, indigent,penniless, impecunious.nefarious,a.atrocious, flagitious,heinous.negation,n.denial, disavowal.negative,n.denial,refusal.Antonym:affirmative.neglect,n.disregard,omission,negligence, default, dereliction, remissness,oversight.neglect,v.disregard,slight,overlook,ignore,omit.neglectful,a.Seenegligent.negligence,n.neglect, remissness,oversight, heedlessness, laches (Law).negligent,a.neglectful, heedless,indifferent,slack,remiss,regardless,slothful,derelict,inattentive, carelessAntonyms:careful,attentive,heedful.negotiable,a.transferable.negro,n.African, blackamoor, Ethiopian, Nigritian, Senegambian, Mandingo, negrillo, Papuan, Krooman; darkey,buck,nigger; (of mixed blood) mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, mestee, Zambo, Sambo, sacatra.Associated words: negrophile, negrophilist, negrophilism, negrophobia.negro,a.negritic, African, Ethiopian, negroid.negro child.pickaninny.negro woman.negress, wench.neigh,n.andv.whinny.neighborhood,n.vicinity, vicinage, locality, neighbors, venue (Law).neighboring,a.adjacent, contiguous, neighbor,near.neophyte,n.convert, proselyte;novice,tyro,beginner.nerve,n.(Slang)boldness, audacity, presumption, effrontery,courage,assurance.nerve,n.Associated words: neurology, neurologist, neurography, neuron, lecithin, rete, plexus, neurasthenia, neurasthenic, neurotic, sensorium, funiculus, ganglion, hilum, neurism, innervation, neuration, neuritis, neuropathic, nervine, neuroma, neuropathy, neuroid, neuric, neuricity, aneuria, glioma, neurosis, cinerea, cholesterin, perineurium, epineurium, internuncial.nerve,v.brace,strengthen, fortify, invigorate, energize.nervous,a.excitable,sensitive, timorous.nest,n.nidus; eyrie, aerie;retreat,den,haunt, resort.Associated words: nidificate, nidification, neossine, caliology, cubilose, nidulant.nestle,v.cuddle,snuggle.net,n.toil,snare,gin,mesh; caul, trammel, seine, trawl, dredge, dragnet.netted,a.reticulated, retiary, interwoven,complicated, reticulose.nettle,n.Urtica.Associated words: urticate, urtication urtical.nettle,v.irritate,provoke,exasperate,ruffle,incense,annoy.network,n.mesh, interlacement, reticulation; plexus, rete, ganglion.neutrality,n.indifference.neutralize,v.counteract,counterbalance,invalidate.nevertheless,adv.orconj.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.Associated words: neology, neologic, neologist, neoterist, neoterizecoin.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, finepoint.niche,n.recess, cavity,nook, tabernacle.nick,n.notch,indentation,dent,score,dint.nick,v.notch,mar,deface, indent.nickname,n.sobriquet.nigger,n.(Colloq.)negro.night,n.darkness.Associated words: nocturnal, noctuary, noctidial, noctilucous, belated, benight,benighted, noctivagant, noctivagation, noctivagous, nocturne, noctiflorous pernoctalian, pernoctation, lychnobite.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.nincompoop,n.(Slang)simpleton, dolt, witling,dunce. Seefool.nine,n.novenary, ennead.--a.enneatic.Associated words: novennial, enneagon, nonagon, enneagonal, enneahedral, enneahedron.nine days' devotion.(religious). novena.ninety,n.Associated word: nonagesimal.ninety years.Associated 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.nobby,a.(Colloq.) modish,stylish,fashionable.nobility,n.nobleness, high-mindedness, magnanimity,excellence,superiority,dignity; peerage,aristocracy, patricianclass.noble,a.eminent,exalted, magnanimous,superior;stately,magnificent,splendid,imposing,grand; aristocratic highborn, patrician.noble,n.nobleman,peer, grandee.Antonyms: commoner, proletary, plebeian.nobleman,n.noble,peer,lord, aristocrat, patrician, grandee.noblewoman,n.peeress.nobody,n.nonentity, 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.noisy,a.clamorous,boisterous, vociferous, turbulent,riotous,obstreperous,uproarious,blatant,discordant,brawling, hilarious.nomad,n.wanderer.nomadic,a.wandering,nomad.nonchalance,n.indifference,coolness,carelessness,sang-froid,insouciance.nonchalant,a.indifferent,cool,unconcerned,insouciant.nonconformist,n.dissenter, recusant.nonconformity,n.recusancy,dissent.nondescript,a.undescribed,unclassifiable.nonentity,n.non-existence;nobody,cipher.non-essential,a.unimportant,incidental, adventitious.nonesuch,n.paragon,pattern, nonpareil,model.non-interference,n.laissez faire.nonplus,v.perplex,puzzle, disconcert,confuse,embarrass,mystify,bewilder.nonsense,n.absurdity,twaddle,bosh,fudge,silliness,balderdash,moonshine, amphigory,rigmarole.

nab,v.(Colloq.)grab,snatch,seize.

nag,v.(Colloq.)plague,tease,twit,hector,torment,scold.

naïve,a.artless,innocent, ingenuous,frank.

naïveté,n.artlessness,innocence, ingenuousness,candor.

naked,a.nude, undressed,bare; unexaggerated, uncolored,exact, literal.

nakedness,n.nudity,bareness;exactness, literalness,accuracy.

name,n.appellation, designation, denomination; epithet, title, cognomen,surname, cognomination, pseudonym, patronymic, metronymic, alias, penname, prænomen, sobriquet,nom de plume,nom de guerre,nickname, eponym, misnomer, euphemism, agnomen, allonym, anonym, autonym, appellative, byname, caconym, cryptonym, compellation, compellative, dionym, trionym, polyonym, diminutive;repute,fame,renown,reputation.Associated words: nominal, nominally, titular, titulary, onomatology, patronomatology, onomasticon, orismology, pseudepigraphy, pseudonymity, roster,register, née, nomancy, namesake, eponymy, of that ilk, nomenclator, heteronym, synedoche, nominative.

name,v.entitle, denominate,style,call, christen, dub, term; designate,specify, nominate.

nameless,a.unnamed; undistinguished, inglorious,unknown,obscure; anonymous; unnamable,inexpressible.

namelessness,n.anonymity;obscurity.

names,n. pl.nomenclature, terminology.

Naples,n.Associated word: Neapolitan.

narcotic,n.stupefacient,sedative, anæsthetic,opiate, anodyne.

narrate,v.recount,recite, tellabout,relate.

narration,n.narrative,relation,recital,story.

narrative,n.narration,account,portrayal,story,tale.

narrow,a.limited, circumscribed, incapacious, contracted,straitened, cramped;bigoted,illiberal, uncatholic,narrow-minded, insular.

narrow,v.contract,reduce, constrict,restrict,limit,cramp,confine.

narrowing,n.contraction,reduction, constriction, limitation circumscription.

narrow-minded,a.illiberal,bigoted,intolerant,narrow, uncatholic.

narrow-mindedness,n.illiberality,bigotry,bias,intolerance, insularity, uncatholicity.

narrowness,n.contractedness, incapaciousness, circumscription.

narrows,n.strait,sound.

nastiness,n.squalor, filthiness,pollution,filth,corruption, dirtiness;indecency,smut,obscenity, bawdry,ribaldry,indelicacy,lewdness.

nasty,a.filthy,squalid,foul, polluted,dirty;indecent,indelicate,gross,ribald,lewd,obscene,smutty,shameless;odious,sickening,repulsive,nauseous,disgusting,disagreeable.

native,a.natal; indigenous,natural, aboriginal, autochthonal; vernacular,mother;genuine, congenital,inherent,inborn, inbred,innate,original.Antonyms:foreign,artificial, exotic, acquired,assumed,unnatural.

native,n.aboriginal, denizen (by birth), indigene.

natives,n. pl.aborigines.

natty,a.(Colloq.)neat,spruce,trim,jaunty,dapper,chic.

natural,a.native,inborn, congenital,innate,characteristic;original, indigenous;normal,regular,legitimate;artless,unaffected, ingenuous,spontaneous,simple; unregenerate.Antonyms:unnatural, acquired,affected, simulated.

naturalization,n.denization.

naturalize,v.familiarize,accustom,habituate, acclimatize,adapt,acclimate.

natural philosophy.physics.

nature,n.creation, universe, cosmos,world;kind,sort,character,quality,species;disposition,mood,temper, essence,constitution.Associated words: physiography, physiogony, connatural, connaturalness.

nature worship.physiolatry.

naughty,a.disobedient, mischievous,perverse,forward,refractory.

nausea,n.seasickness;qualm, squeamishness, queasiness, qualmishness.

nauseate,v.sicken,disgust,revolt; recoil from,abhor, abominate.

nauseous,a.disgusting, nauseating,offensive,sickening,fulsome,distasteful.

nautical,a.naval,marine,maritime, oceanic.

nautilus,n.Tetrabranchiata; argonaut, papernautilus; diving-bell.

naval,a.nautical,marine,maritime.

navel,n.umbilicus, omphalos.

navel string.funis, umbilicalcord.

navigate,v.sail, cruise;guide,steer,direct; circumnavigate

near,a.nigh,close,adjacent,neighboring, contiguous, proximate, approximate to; intimate, confidential, bosom; immediate, imminent,impending, forthcoming.Antonyms:distant,remote,far.

nearness,n.closeness, proximity, propinquity, contiguity, adjacency, imminence, approximation, approxi-mateness intimacy,familiarity.

near-sighted,a. myopic,short-sighted, purblind.

near-sightedness,n. myopia.

near-sighted person.myope.

neat,a.tidy,orderly,trim,clean, cleanly;tasteful,trim, finished, artistic,nice,excellent, adroit;dainty;spruce;dapper,natty.Antonyms:dowdy,slovenly,slatternly,untidy,tawdry,gaudy,frowzy,disorderly, unkempt.

necessary,a.requisite,essential, needed,needful, indispensable inevitable,unavoidable.Antonyms: nonessential,unnecessary,optional,discretional,casual,needless.

necessary,n.requisite,requirement,essential,sine qua non.

necessity,n.requisite,necessary,requirement,essential; exigency,urgency; indispensability.Antonyms:choice,option, contingency, doubtfulness,possibility.

neck,n.Associated words: nape, cervical, scruff, atlas, axis, palea, dewlap, scrag, gula, nucha, auchenium, décolleté, jugular, jugulum,wattle, wimple,wryneck, torticollis, Adam'sapple, splenius, ruche, colliform, fichu, withers, gorget, carotid,goiter, retrocollic, cruels, nuchalgia, ruff, crane.

necktie,n.cravat, neckcloth,scarf,tie.

necromancer,n.wizard,sorcerer,magician,conjurer, exorcist,soothsayer, diviner.

necromancy,n.magic,conjuration,enchantment,sorcery, blackart.

need,n.want,necessity, extremity,strait, exigency,urgency;poverty,penury,privation, indigence.

need,v.require,lack,want.

needful,a.requisite,necessary,essential, indispensable, required.

needleprick,n.acupuncture.

needless,a.unnecessary,groundless,unfounded.

needlewoman,n.seamstress.

needs,adv.necessarily.

needy,a.destitute, indigent,penniless, impecunious.

nefarious,a.atrocious, flagitious,heinous.

negation,n.denial, disavowal.

negative,n.denial,refusal.Antonym:affirmative.

neglect,n.disregard,omission,negligence, default, dereliction, remissness,oversight.

neglect,v.disregard,slight,overlook,ignore,omit.

neglectful,a.Seenegligent.

negligence,n.neglect, remissness,oversight, heedlessness, laches (Law).

negligent,a.neglectful, heedless,indifferent,slack,remiss,regardless,slothful,derelict,inattentive, carelessAntonyms:careful,attentive,heedful.

negotiable,a.transferable.

negro,n.African, blackamoor, Ethiopian, Nigritian, Senegambian, Mandingo, negrillo, Papuan, Krooman; darkey,buck,nigger; (of mixed blood) mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, mestee, Zambo, Sambo, sacatra.Associated words: negrophile, negrophilist, negrophilism, negrophobia.

negro,a.negritic, African, Ethiopian, negroid.

negro child.pickaninny.

negro woman.negress, wench.

neigh,n.andv.whinny.

neighborhood,n.vicinity, vicinage, locality, neighbors, venue (Law).

neighboring,a.adjacent, contiguous, neighbor,near.

neophyte,n.convert, proselyte;novice,tyro,beginner.

nerve,n.(Slang)boldness, audacity, presumption, effrontery,courage,assurance.

nerve,n.Associated words: neurology, neurologist, neurography, neuron, lecithin, rete, plexus, neurasthenia, neurasthenic, neurotic, sensorium, funiculus, ganglion, hilum, neurism, innervation, neuration, neuritis, neuropathic, nervine, neuroma, neuropathy, neuroid, neuric, neuricity, aneuria, glioma, neurosis, cinerea, cholesterin, perineurium, epineurium, internuncial.

nerve,v.brace,strengthen, fortify, invigorate, energize.

nervous,a.excitable,sensitive, timorous.

nest,n.nidus; eyrie, aerie;retreat,den,haunt, resort.Associated words: nidificate, nidification, neossine, caliology, cubilose, nidulant.

nestle,v.cuddle,snuggle.

net,n.toil,snare,gin,mesh; caul, trammel, seine, trawl, dredge, dragnet.

netted,a.reticulated, retiary, interwoven,complicated, reticulose.

nettle,n.Urtica.Associated words: urticate, urtication urtical.

nettle,v.irritate,provoke,exasperate,ruffle,incense,annoy.

network,n.mesh, interlacement, reticulation; plexus, rete, ganglion.

neutrality,n.indifference.

neutralize,v.counteract,counterbalance,invalidate.

nevertheless,adv.orconj.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.Associated words: neology, neologic, neologist, neoterist, neoterizecoin.

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, finepoint.

niche,n.recess, cavity,nook, tabernacle.

nick,n.notch,indentation,dent,score,dint.

nick,v.notch,mar,deface, indent.

nickname,n.sobriquet.

nigger,n.(Colloq.)negro.

night,n.darkness.Associated words: nocturnal, noctuary, noctidial, noctilucous, belated, benight,benighted, noctivagant, noctivagation, noctivagous, nocturne, noctiflorous pernoctalian, pernoctation, lychnobite.

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.

nincompoop,n.(Slang)simpleton, dolt, witling,dunce. Seefool.

nine,n.novenary, ennead.--a.enneatic.Associated words: novennial, enneagon, nonagon, enneagonal, enneahedral, enneahedron.

nine days' devotion.(religious). novena.

ninety,n.Associated word: nonagesimal.

ninety years.Associated 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.

nobby,a.(Colloq.) modish,stylish,fashionable.

nobility,n.nobleness, high-mindedness, magnanimity,excellence,superiority,dignity; peerage,aristocracy, patricianclass.

noble,a.eminent,exalted, magnanimous,superior;stately,magnificent,splendid,imposing,grand; aristocratic highborn, patrician.

noble,n.nobleman,peer, grandee.Antonyms: commoner, proletary, plebeian.

nobleman,n.noble,peer,lord, aristocrat, patrician, grandee.

noblewoman,n.peeress.

nobody,n.nonentity, 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.

noisy,a.clamorous,boisterous, vociferous, turbulent,riotous,obstreperous,uproarious,blatant,discordant,brawling, hilarious.

nomad,n.wanderer.

nomadic,a.wandering,nomad.

nonchalance,n.indifference,coolness,carelessness,sang-froid,insouciance.

nonchalant,a.indifferent,cool,unconcerned,insouciant.

nonconformist,n.dissenter, recusant.

nonconformity,n.recusancy,dissent.

nondescript,a.undescribed,unclassifiable.

nonentity,n.non-existence;nobody,cipher.

non-essential,a.unimportant,incidental, adventitious.

nonesuch,n.paragon,pattern, nonpareil,model.

non-interference,n.laissez faire.

nonplus,v.perplex,puzzle, disconcert,confuse,embarrass,mystify,bewilder.

nonsense,n.absurdity,twaddle,bosh,fudge,silliness,balderdash,moonshine, amphigory,rigmarole.


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