Reference  |  Soule's Synonymes  |  N  |  Nab to Near

N — Nab to Near (Part 4 of 9)

    7. Close, near, accurate, scrutinizing, careful, exact, attentive.

Narrow, v. a.

    1. Contract.
    2. Cramp, restrict, limit, confine.

Narrow house. Grave, tomb, sepulchre, house of death.

Narrow-minded, a. Illiberal, bigoted, prejudiced, warped, biassed, partial, narrow-souled, mean-spirited, of narrow or contracted views.

Narrows, n. pl. Strait, sound, narrow passage.

Narwhal, n. [Written also Narwhale, Narwal, and Narval.] Sea-unicorn, unicorn-fish, unicorn-whale (Monodon monoceros).

Nascent, a. Incipient, opening, initial, dawning, inchoative, initiatory, rudimental, beginning, commencing, at the start, in the act of evolution.

Nastiness, n.

    1. Filth, filthiness, dirtiness, foulness, impurity, uncleanness, pollution, defilement, squalor.
    2. Obscenity, smuttiness, indecency, ribaldry, grossness.

Nasty, a.

    1. Filthy, foul, unclean, impure, dirty, polluted, defiled, loathsome, squalid.
    2. Obscene, smutty, gross, indelicate, lewd, indecent, ribald, loose.
    3. Nauseous, sickening, disgusting, offensive, repulsive, odious, disagreeable.
    4. Disagreeable, annoying, troublesome, aggravating, pestering, pesky.

Nasute, a.

    1. Keen-smelling.
    2. Critical, censorious, nice, captious.

Natal, a. Native, of birth, natalitious.

Natal day. Birthday.