English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 454 of 488

notelesslyadv

Without attracting notice; unremarked upon.

notelessnessnoun

The state of being without notes.

noteletnoun

A brief letter or note; a billet.

notelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a note (musical tone).

notepadnoun

A pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes; a notebook.

notepapernoun

Relatively small writing paper used for writing notes or letters; often provided with matching envelopes.

noternoun

One who takes notice.

notesnoun

plural of note

notestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of note

Notestinename

A surname from German.

notetakeverb

To take notes.

notetakernoun

One who writes down notes.

notetakingnoun

The practice of writing down pieces of information gained from a particular source, such as a lecture or presentation.

notethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of note

notewiseadj

In terms of musical notes.

noteworthilyadv

In a noteworthy manner; notably.

noteworthinessnoun

The quality or state of being noteworthy.

noteworthyadj

Deserving attention; notable; worthy of notice.

notherpron

Neither.

nothin'pron

Pronunciation spelling of nothing.

nothingpron

Not any thing; no thing.

nothing ballnoun

a pitch which has neither much speed nor much spin

nothing burgernoun

Alternative form of nothingburger.

nothing butadv

Only.

nothing doingintj

Absolutely not; definitely no.

nothing for itnoun

No alternative; nothing else to be done or to have recourse to.

nothing gold can stayproverb

Nothing good lasts forever.

nothing if notadv

Certainly; definitely; (sometimes also obliquely) thoroughly; wholly; to a high degree; extremely.

nothing is certain but death and taxesproverb

Nothing in life is certain nor can be taken for granted, except (humorously) that one will die one day and that one is required to pay taxes.

nothing less thanadv

Certainly and completely: definitely, and wholly rather than merely mostly.

nothing likeadv

Not nearly.

nothing sandwichnoun

A bland sandwich with nothing, or very little, between the bread.

nothing short ofphrase

Fully; completely.

nothing specialnoun

Something ordinary or run-of-the-mill.

nothing succeeds like successproverb

People who are already successful tend to have additional successes.

nothing to choose betweenphrase

effectively no difference between

nothing to itphrase

Easy; simple or straightforward.

nothing to seenoun

Not connected or associated; nothing to do (with)

nothing to see herephrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nothing, to, see, here.

nothing to sneeze atnoun

Something that is decent, acceptable, or worthwhile.

nothing to write home aboutpron

Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.

nothing ventured, nothing gainedproverb

If one takes no risks, one cannot gain (i.e., has no hope of gaining) any benefits.

nothing-butterynoun

Any form of reductionism seen as explaining away phenomena.

nothing-up-my-sleeve numbernoun

A number which, by its construction, is above suspicion of having hidden properties; used in creating cryptographic functions such as hashes and ciphers.

nothingariannoun

A person of no particular beliefs.

nothingarianismnoun

The beliefs and practices of a nothingarian.

nothingburgernoun

An unimportant person; a nobody, a nonentity.

nothingishadj

Synonym of nothingy.

nothingismnoun

nihility; nothingness

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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 454. 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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