Nation, n. 1. State, commonwealth, realm, nationality.

2. People, community, population, race.

National, a. Public, general.

Nationality, n. 1. National character.

2. State, realm, nation, commonwealth.

Native, a. 1. Natal, of birth.

2. Vernacular, vulgar, mother.

3. Indigenous, natural, congenital, original, genuine, intrinsic, real, unartificial, home-bred, not acquired, bred in the bone, that runs in the blood.

Native, n. Original inhabitant.

Nativity, n. Birth.

Natty, a. [Colloquial.] Neat, spruce, fine, jaunty, trig, trim, finical, foppish, dandyish.

Natural, a. 1. Of nature.

2. Original, indigenous, essential, characteristic, native, not acquired, not assumed.

3. Regular, normal, not exceptional, not violent, in the course of nature, adapted to nature, consistent with nature, conformable to nature.

4. Illegitimate, born out of wedlock.

Natural, n. Fool, simpleton, dunce.

Natural child, Bastard, love-child, illegitimate child.

Naturalize, v. a. Adopt as a citizen, adopt as native.

Nature, n. 1. World, creation, universe, system of created things, aggregate of phenomena, world of matter and of mind, sum of causes and effects.

2. Sum total of sensible objects, world of matter.

3. Character, essence, constitution, quality.

4. Kind, sort, species.

5. Temper, disposition, humor, mood, grain.

6. Mind, intelligence, intelligent being.

7. Active principle of the universe, soul of the universe, God.

8. Regular course of things, usual or established order of events.

9. What is natural, conformity with nature, accordance with truth or reality.

Naught, n. Nothing, nought.

Naught, a. Worthless, bad, of no value.

Naughtiness, n. 1. Wickedness, vice, badness, iniquity.

2. Perverseness, frowardness.

Naughty, a. 1. Wicked, bad, corrupt, sinful.

2. Perverse, froward, mischievous.

Nausea, n. 1. Seasickness.

2. Qualm, sickness of the stomach, inclination to vomit.

3. Disgust, loathing, repugnance, aversion, strong dislike.

Nauseate, v. n. Feel nausea, feel disgust, grow qualmish.

Nauseate, v. a. 1. Sicken, disgust, revolt, make sick, turn one's stomach, make one's gorge rise.

2. Loathe, abhor, detest, abominate, feel nausea or disgust at, shrink from, recoil from.

Nauseous, a. Disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, sickening, revolting, repulsive, distasteful, offensive, abominable, foul.

Naval, a. Nautical, marine, maritime.

Navel-string, n. Umbilical cord.

Navew, n. French turnip (Brassica napus).

Navicular, a. (Anat. & Bot.) Boat-shaped, cymbiform.

Navigate, v. n. Sail, cruise, course, go in a vessel, plough the waves, plough the deep.

Navigate, v. a. 1. Sail over, sail on, pass in a vessel.

2. Steer, direct (in sailing), guide the course of.

Navigator, n. Sailor, seaman.

Navy, n. Fleet, ships of war.

Nay, ad. 1. No.

2. Not only so, but more; not this only, but also.

Near, a. 1. Nigh, close, neighboring, adjacent, contiguous, proximate, adjoining, not far, not distant, bordering upon, approximate to, close upon, close by, hard upon, close at hand.

2. Imminent, impending, forthcoming, approaching, threatening, at hand, about to happen, going to happen.

3. Intimate, dear, familiar, closely allied, closely attached.

4. Direct, short, straight.

Near, ad. Nearly.

Near, prep. Nigh, close to, close by, not far from.

Nearly, ad. 1. Approximately, not remotely.

2. Almost, well-nigh, within a little.

3. Closely, intimately.

Near-sighted, a. Short-sighted, myopic, purblind.

Neat, a. 1. Clean, cleanly, unsoiled, tidy, spotless, unsullied, immaculate, unstained, pure.

2. Nice, spruce, trim.

3. Chaste, simple, in good taste.

Neat-cattle, n. Bovine animals (bulls, oxen, cows, calves, heifers, steers), beeves.

Neatly, ad. Cleanly, in a neat manner.

Neatness, n. 1. Cleanness, cleanliness, tidiness.

2. Nicety, spruceness, trimness.

3. Chasteness, simplicity.

Neb, n. Beak, bill, nib.

Nebulosity, n. Cloudiness, haziness, mistiness.

Nebulous, a. Cloudy, hazy, misty.

Necessary, a. 1. Inevitable, unavoidable, that must be, not to be avoided.

2. Requisite, essential, indispensable, needful, that cannot be spared.

3. Involuntary, not free.

Necessary, n. 1. Requisite, requirement, necessity, essential, indispensable thing, sine qua non.

2. Privy, jakes, water-closet, back-house.

Necessitate, v. a. Compel, force, oblige, make necessary, render unavoidable.

Necessitous, a. Needy, indigent, poor, penniless, moneyless, destitute, distressed, pinched, reduced, in need, in want, short of money, out of money, out of pocket, out of cash.

Necessity, n. 1. Compulsion, fatality, fate, destiny, irresistible force.

2. Indispensableness, indispensability, inevitableness.

3. Need, needfulness, urgency, exigency, pressing want.

4. Requirement, requisite, essential, necessary, indispensable thing, sine qua non.

Neck-cloth, n. Cravat, neckerchief, necktie.

Neckerchief, n. Cravat, neck-cloth.

Neckhandkerchief, n. Cravat, neck-cloth.

Necktie, n. Cravat, neckcloth.

Necrology, n. Obituary, register of deaths.

Necromancer, n. Sorcerer, conjurer, enchanter, juggler, charmer, diviner, wizard, magician, exorcist, seer, soothsayer.

Necromancy, n. Sorcery, magic, divination, enchantment, conjuration, black art, magical art.

Necropolis, n. Cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, mortuary, burial-ground, burial-place, city of the dead.

Need, n. 1. Necessity, want, exigency, urgency, emergency.

2. Indigence, poverty, penury, destitution, distress.

Need, v. a. Want, require, lack, be in want of, stand in want of.

Needful, a. Necessary, requisite, essential, indispensable.

Needle-shaped, a. Aciform, acicular, aciculate.

Needless, a. Unnecessary, useless, not requisite, not needed.

Needs, ad. Necessarily.

Needy, a. Indigent, destitute, poor, necessitous.

Nefarious, a. Abominable, atrocious, detestable, execrable, iniquitous, scandalous, wicked, infamous, villanous, heinous, flagitious, very wicked.

Negation, n. Denial, disavowal, disclaimer.

Neglect, v. a. 1. Omit, leave out, pass over.

2. Disregard, slight, contemn, overlook, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, leave out of view, leave on one side, not care a straw for.

Neglect, n. 1. Omission (of a particular act of duty), failure, default, negligence, remissness.

2. Slight, disregard, disrespect.

Neglectful, a. Heedless, careless, negligent, thoughtless.

Negligence, n. Neglect (as a habit), carelessness, thoughtlessness, remissness, heedlessness, disregard, inattention, laches.

Negligent, a. Careless (habitually), thoughtless, heedless, remiss, regardless, inattentive, neglectful.

Negotiate, v. n. Treat, bargain.

Negotiate, v. a. 1. Treat for, arrange for.

2. Pass, put into circulation.

Negotiation, n. Transaction.

Negro-corn, n. Doura, Indian millet, Guinea corn (Sorghum vulgare).

Neigh, v. n. Whinny.

Neighborhood, n. Vicinity, vicinage, environs.

Neighborly, a. Friendly, kind, civil, social, obliging, attentive, on friendly terms.

Neither, pron. & a. Not either, nor one nor the other.

Neither head nor tail, Neither one thing nor the other, nothing distinct or definite.

Neither here nor there, 1. Nowhere, neither in one place nor another.

2. Irrelevant, not to the purpose.

Nem. con. [L. Contracted from nemine contradicente, no one speaking against.] Unanimously, with one accord, with one consent, to a man, as one man, one and all, on all hands, in chorus, without a dissenting voice.