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Synonyms

[2] freshness, newness, originality; also strangeness, unfamiliarity; up-to-dateness; departure, divergence, innovation, offshoot, shoot

[3] bauble, curiosity, gewgaw, knickknack, ornamental, trinket—more at KNICKKNACK

usually novelties [3] notions, odds and ends, sundries

No·vem·ber noun [ORIGIN: ME Novembre, fr. AF, fr. L November ninth month of the early Roman calendar, fr. novem nine]

: the 11th month of the year

no·ve·na noun : a Roman Catholic nine-day period of prayer

nov·ice noun 1 : a new member of a religious order who is preparing to take the vows of religion

2 : one who is inexperienced or untrained

Synonyms

beginner, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, neophyte, newcomer, recruit, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro—more at BEGINNER

no·vi·tiate noun 1 : the period or state of being a novice

2 : a house where novices are trained

3 : NOVICE

1now adverb 1 : at the present time or moment

2 : in the time immediately before the present

3 : in the time immediately to follow : IMMEDIATELY, FORTHWITH

4 — used with the sense of present time weakened or lost (as to express command, introduce an important point, or indicate a transition) <~ hear this>

5 : at times : SOMETIMES <~ one and ~ another>

6 : under the present circumstances

7 : at the time referred to

Synonyms

[1] anymore, nowadays, presently, right now, today; also here

Antonyms

before, formerly, long, once, then

[2] freshly, just, late, lately, new, newly, only, recently—more at NEWLY

[3] directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, promptly, pronto, right away, right now—more at IMMEDIATELY

2now conjunction : in view of the fact <~ that you're here, we'll start>

Synonyms

because, for, since, whereas—more at SINCE

3now noun : the present time or moment : PRESENT

Synonyms

moment, present, today—more at PRESENT

4now adjective 1 : of or relating to the present time

2 : excitingly new <~ clothes>; also : constantly aware of what is new <~ people>

NOW abbreviation 1 National Organization for Women

2 negotiable order of withdrawal

now·a·days adverb : at the present time

Synonyms

anymore, now, presently, right now, today—more at NOW

no·way or no·ways adverb : NOWISE

no·where adverb : not anywhere

— nowhere noun

nowhere near adverb : not nearly

no·wise adverb : in no way

Synonyms

never, no, none, nothing—more at NEVER

nox·ious adjective : harmful esp. to health or morals

Synonyms

noisome, unhealthy, unwholesome—more at UNHEALTHY

adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, pernicious, prejudicial—more at HARMFUL

noz·zle noun : a short tube constricted in the middle or at one end and used (as on a hose) to speed up or direct a flow of fluid

np abbreviation 1 no pagination

2 no place (of publication)

Np symbol neptunium

NP abbreviation notary public

NR abbreviation not rated

NRA abbreviation National Rifle Association

NS abbreviation 1 not specified

2 Nova Scotia

NSA abbreviation National Security Agency

NSC abbreviation National Security Council

NSF abbreviation 1 National Science Foundation

2 not sufficient funds

NSW abbreviation New South Wales

NT abbreviation 1 New Testament

2 Northern Territory

3 Northwest Territories

nth adjective 1 : numbered with an unspecified or indefinitely large ordinal number

2 : of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or amount : UTMOST

Synonyms

consummate, maximum, most, paramount, supreme, top, ultimate, utmost—more at ULTIMATE

NTP abbreviation normal temperature and pressure

nt wt or n wt abbreviation net weight

nu noun : the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet — Ν or ν

NU abbreviation name unknown

nu·ance noun [ORIGIN: F]

: a shade of difference : a delicate variation (as in tone or meaning)

nub noun 1 : a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape : KNOB, LUMP

2 : the