neuter in English dictionary

  • neuter

    Meanings and definitions of "neuter"

    • (archaic) Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
    • (grammar) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex.
    • (grammar) Intransitive
    • (biology) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless.
    • (grammar) The neuter gender.
    • (grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
    • (biology) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
    • A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
    • (grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.
    • To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
    • adjective
      (archaic)
      Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
    • adjective
      (grammar)
      Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender
    • adjective
      (grammar)
      Intransitive
    • adjective
      (biology)
      Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.
    • noun
      (biology)
      An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
    • noun
      A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
    • noun
      (grammar)
      The neuter gender.
    • noun
      (grammar)
      A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
    • noun
      (grammar)
      An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.
    • verb
      To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
    • verb
      To rid of sexuality
    • A noun of the neuter gender.
    • Belonging to the neuter grammatical gender.
    • to remove sex organs from an animal
    • archaic: neither the one thing nor the other
    • grammar: having a form which is not masculine nor feminine
    • grammar: intransitive
    • having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones
    • person who takes no part in a contest
    • grammar: noun of the neuter gender
    • grammar: intransitive verb
    • biology: organism which at its maturity has no generative organs
    • The neutrally determined gender of a kind of word as used by some languages.
    • adjective
      having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
    • adjective
      of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"
    • noun
      a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
    • verb
      remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"

    Synonyms of "neuter" in English dictionary

    spay, asexual, desexualise are the top synonyms of "neuter" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "neuter" in English dictionary

    masculine, feminine are the top antonyms of "neuter" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of neuter

    • neuter ( not comparable)
    • neuter ( plural  neuters)
    • neuter ( third-person singular simple present neuters, present participle neutering, simple past and past participle neutered)
    • neuter (not comparable)
    • neuter (plural neuters)
    • neuter (third-person singular simple present neuters, present participle neutering, simple past and past participle neutered)
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