Synonyms
[1] essence, quintessence, soul, stuff, substance—more at ESSENCE
[1] character, complexion, constitution, genius, personality, tone; also distinctiveness, distinctness, individuality, singularity, uniqueness; attribute, characteristic, earmark, feature, flavor, hallmark, mark, point, property, savor, stamp, trait; disposition, grain, sort, temper, temperament; composition, makeup; essence, soul, spirit, stuff, substance; habit, way
[2] breed, class, description, feather, ilk, kind, like, manner, order, sort, species, type—more at SORT
[3] disposition, grain, temper, temperament—more at DISPOSITION
[4] cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world—more at UNIVERSE
[6] open, outdoors, wild, wilderness; also backwoods, bush, country, frontier, hinterland, sticks, up-country; outside, without; badland, barren, desert, waste, wasteland
naught noun 1 : NOTHING
2 : the arithmetical symbol 0 : ZERO
Synonyms
aught, cipher, nil, nothing, zero, zip—more at ZERO
naugh·ty adjective naugh·ti·er; -est 1 : guilty of disobedience or misbehavior
2 : lacking in taste or propriety
— naugh·ti·ly adverb
— naugh·ti·ness noun
Synonyms
bad, contrary, errant, froward, mischievous; also defiant, disrespectful, ill-mannered, ill-natured, impolite, improper, impudent, indecorous, insolent, rude, uncouth, unmannerly; disobedient, headstrong, intractable, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, transgressing, unruly, untoward, willful; balky, restive, uncontrollable, ungovernable, wayward, wild; arch, elfish, impish, monkeying, ornery, rascally, roguish, waggish; dissolute, perverse, wrongheaded; disorderly, rowdy, ruffianly; corrupt, evil, wicked; insurgent, mutinous, rebellious; inconsiderate, selfish, thoughtless, unkind, unkindly; babyish, childish, immature, infantile, puerile
Antonyms
behaved, behaving, nice, orderly
nau·sea noun [ORIGIN: L, seasickness, nausea, fr. Gk nautia, nausia, fr. nautēs sailor]
1 : sickness of the stomach with a desire to vomit
2 : extreme disgust
Synonyms
[1] queasiness, sickness, squeamishness; also qualm; airsickness, morning sickness, motion sickness, seasickness
[2] aversion, disgust, distaste, loathing, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion—more at DISGUST
nau·se·ate verb -at·ed; -at·ing : to affect or become affected with nausea
— nau·se·at·ing·ly adverb
Synonyms
disgust, repel, repulse, revolt, sicken, turn off—more at DISGUST
nauseating adjective : causing nausea or esp. disgust
Synonyms
distasteful, nasty, noisome, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, ugly—more at OFFENSIVE
nau·seous adjective 1 : causing nausea or disgust
2 : affected with nausea or disgust
Synonyms
ill, queasy, queer, sick, squeamish; also green, peaked, sickly; unsettled, upset, woozy
naut abbreviation nautical
nau·ti·cal adjective : of or relating to sailors, navigation, or ships
— nau·ti·cal·ly adverb
nautical mile noun : a unit of distance equal to about 6080 feet (1852 meters)
nau·ti·lus noun, plural -lus·es or -li : any of a genus of sea mollusks related to the