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.