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Synonyms and Antonyms: Adjacent

Native-indigenous, autochthonous, domestic, homely, vernacular, inborn, innate. (Foreign, outlandish, exotic.) Natural-spontaneous, original, unpremeditated, normal, regular. (Unnatural, supernatural, monstrous, forced.) Near. See Adjacent.

Necessary. See Indispensable.

Necessitate. See Compel.

Necessity.-(see Need)-fate, requirement, compulsion, coercion, force, exigency. Need, n.-(see Necessity)-want, penury, lack, privation, distress, destitution, poverty, indigence. -- v.-require, want, lack, desiderate, desire, starve. Neglect, v.-disregard, overlook, pass by, let pass, slip, miss, omit, ignore. (Observe, attend, cultivate, utilize.) - n.-(see Default) -carelessness, negligence, omission, failure, remissness, slight. (Attention, cultivation, utilization.) Neighborhood-proximity, adjacency, contiguity, environs, purlieus, vicinage, confines, borderland. (Distance, remoteness, estrangement, foreignness, aloofness.) Nervous-sensitive, irritable, susceptible, shaky, timorous, timid. (Firm, composed, resolute, robust, courageous, strong.) New-(see Old)-fresh, recent, novel, young, vernal, untried, new-fangled. (Ancient, antique, venerable.) News-tidings, intelligence, information, word, advice, communication, report. Nice-(see Exact)-accurate, definite, precise, scrupulous, punctilious, savory, dainty, delicate. (Rough, rugged, coarse, husky, unbolted, unshapely, unpalatable.) Nigh. See Adjacent.

Nimble.

See Active.

Nobility-rank, quality, aristocracy, birth, patricians. peerage, greatness, grandeur. (Commonalty, democracy, populace, masses, mob, rabble, meanness, baseness.) Noble (see Abject and Contemptible)-high, elevated, exalted, illustrious, great, grand, precious, lofty. (Base, low, ignoble.) Noise-sound, cry, outcry, din, clamor, clangor, uproar, tumult, row. (Silence, stillness, hush, repose, peace.) Nonsensical. See Absurd and Irrational, Notable (see Distinguished)-obvious, prominent, remarkable, signal, striking, showy, glaring, salient. (Hidden, retired, obscure, unnoticed.) Note, n.-(see Mark)-token, sign, indication, remark, comment, observation, stricture. Noted. See Distinguished.