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news·let·ter noun : a small newspaper containing news or information of interest chiefly to a special group

news·mag·a·zine noun : a usu. weekly magazine devoted chiefly to summarizing and analyzing news

news·man noun : a person who gathers, reports, or comments on the news : REPORTER

news·pa·per noun : a paper that is published at regular intervals and contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising

news·pa·per·man noun : a person who owns or is employed by a newspaper

news·print noun : paper made chiefly from wood pulp and used mostly for newspapers

news·reel noun : a short motion picture portraying current events

news·stand noun : a place where newspapers and periodicals are sold

news·week·ly noun : a weekly newspaper or newsmagazine

news·wire noun : WIRE SERVICE

news·wom·an noun : a woman who is a reporter

news·wor·thy adjective : sufficiently interesting to the general public to warrant reporting (as in a newspaper)

newsy adjective news·i·er; -est 1 : filled with news; especially : TALKATIVE

2 : given to gossip

Synonyms

chatty, colloquial, conversational—more at CHATTY

newt noun [ORIGIN: ME, alter. (from misdivision of an ewte) of ewt, evete, fr. OE efete]

: any of various small chiefly aquatic salamanders

New Testament noun : the second of the two chief divisions of the Christian Scripture

new·ton noun : the unit of force in the metric system equal to the force required to impart an acceleration of one meter per second per second to a mass of one kilogram

new wave noun, often cap N&W : the latest and esp. the most outrageous style

— new–wave adjective

New World noun : the western hemisphere; especially : the continental landmass of No. and So. America

New Year noun 1 : NEW YEAR'S DAY; also : the first days of the year

2 : ROSH HASHANAH

New Year's Day noun : January 1 observed as a legal holiday

New Zea·land·er noun : a native or inhabitant of New Zealand

1next adjective 1 : immediately preceding or following

2 : following that approaching or in progress

Synonyms

coming, following; also consecutive, sequential, successive; posterior, subsequent; immediate; second

Antonyms

antecedent, foregoing, precedent, preceding, previous, prior

2next preposition : nearest or adjacent to

3next adverb 1 : in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding

2 : on the first occasion to come

1next to preposition 1 : immediately following or adjacent to

2 : in comparison to

Synonyms

about, around, by, near—more at AROUND

2next to adverb : very nearly

Synonyms

about, almost, most, much, near, nearly, nigh, practically, some, virtually, well-nigh—more at ALMOST

Nez Percé noun : a member of an American Indian people of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon; also : the language of the Nez Percé

NF abbreviation Newfoundland

NFC abbreviation National Football Conference

NFL abbreviation National Football League

Nfld abbreviation Newfoundland

NG abbreviation 1 National Guard

2 no good

NH abbreviation New Hampshire

NHL abbreviation National Hockey League

Ni symbol nickel

ni·a·cin noun : an organic acid of the vitamin B complex found widely in plants and animals and used esp. against pellagra

nib noun 1 : POINT; especially : a pen point

2 : the jaws of a bird together with their horny covering

1nibble verb nib·bled; nib·bling : to bite gently or bit by bit; also : eat in small pieces

2nibble noun : a small or cautious bite; also : an amount of food taken with a small bite

Synonyms

bite, morsel, mouthful, taste, tidbit—more at MORSEL

ni·cad noun : a rechargeable dry cell that has a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode

Nic·a·ra·guan noun : a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua

— Nicaraguan adjective

nice adjective nic·er; nic·est [ORIGIN: ME, foolish, wanton, fr. AF, silly, simple, fr. L nescius ignorant, fr. nescire