English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 450 of 488

not at home toadj

Not being received as a guest at someone's house.

not badadj

Reasonably good; almost good; mediocre.

not be able to hit the broad side of a barnverb

To have very poor aim, such as while using firearms or in sports.

not be caught deadverb

To refuse completely to do something, generally out of scorn.

not bear thinking aboutverb

To be too frightening or upsetting to even contemplate.

not butconj

Introducing a subordinate clause, frequently with that: "it is not that (the following clause) is not the case".

not by a jugfulphrase

Not by a long way; not at all.

not by any manner of meansphrase

Synonym of by no manner of means.

not by any meansadv

Not at all, not in the slightest

not do someone any favorsverb

To reflect badly on or to hurt in some way.

not do someone any favoursverb

Alternative form of not do someone any favors.

not dognoun

A vegan or vegetarian sausage, or a hot dog sandwich made with one.

not doneadj

Socially unacceptable, as:

not enough room to swing a catnoun

Very little space (available) (of a very small room).

not enough to hang a dog onphrase

Of evidence, not strong or compelling; with very little or insubstantial evidence.

not evenadv

Introduces or constitutes a more emphatic negation or exclusion than "not".

not even onceintj

Expressing complete rejection or aversion; no way.

not even onedet

None at all.

not even wrongadj

Of a supposedly scientific argument or explanation: unable to be meaningfully discussed because it is based on fundamentally invalid reasoning or speculative premises that cannot be proven or falsified.

not exactlyadv

Not or no.

not forprep

Not to be subjected to (a procedure); indicates that the patient, or relevant carers or next of kin, have specifically requested that the procedure not be carried out.

not for nothingphrase

Not for no reason; not without reason; (often) for a good reason.

not for the worldintj

Absolutely not; under no circumstances. A defiant no.

NOT gatenoun

A logic gate performing a Boolean-logic NOT operation.

not give much for someone's chancesverb

To not believe that someone will achieve their stated aim.

not going anywhereadj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, go, anywhere.

not grow on treesverb

To be rare, not abundant, not easily acquired.

not guiltynoun

A formal plea by a defendant of not being culpable for the crime with which the defendant is charged.

not halfadv

Greatly; to a considerable extent.

not half badadj

Pretty good, imperfect but more than OK.

not happy, Janphrase

Used to express displeasure at someone else's incompetence.

not have a leg to stand onverb

To lack support, as in an argument, debate, or negotiation.

not have a pot to piss inverb

To possess no money or resources.

not have a prayerverb

To have no chance or possibility, usually in the face of peril or adversity.

not have the faintestverb

To not know; to have no idea.

not have the faintest ideaverb

To not know; to have no idea.

not have the first ideaverb

To not know anything about something.

not here for a haircutadv

Here for a specific reason; having a task that must be done.

not here to fuck spidersphrase

Used to indicate one has serious business to pursue and should not be wasting time.

not if, but whenadv

Inevitably.

not in a millionadv

Alternative form of never in a million years.

not in Kansas anymoreadj

No longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings.

not in the slightestadv

not at all, not in any way

not just a pretty facenoun

Someone who is more intelligent, talented, or emotionally complex than might be assumed.

not know one is bornphrase

To be spoiled; to have an easy life without appreciating it.

not know what hit oneverb

To be extremely surprised by an event.

not know what one is missingverb

To be missing out on something enjoyable.

not know whether one is coming or goingverb

To be unclear about what one is doing; to be bewildered.

not know whether to shit or go blindverb

To be bewildered, especially about what future course of action one should take.

not know whether to spit or go blindverb

Synonym of not know whether to shit or go blind (“be bewildered”).

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The English alphabetical index for the letter N contains 24,391 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 488 pages, and you are currently viewing page 450. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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