Random words starting with N

350 English words begin with N in our list, 169 of them common. Generate a few at random, each with its meaning.

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Words starting with N: 24 examples

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  • naive adjectiveMarked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
  • nanny nounA woman who is the custodian of children.
  • nap nounA period of time spent sleeping.
  • narrative nounA message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program.
  • narrowly adverbIn a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions.
  • nationally adverbWith regard to a nation taken as a whole.
  • natural adjectiveIn accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature.
  • navigation nounThe guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place.
  • neat adjectiveClean or organized.
  • necessarily adverbIn an essential manner.
  • neck nounThe part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body.
  • nicely adverbIn a nice way.
  • night nounThe time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.
  • nine adjectiveDenoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
  • nineteen adjectiveBeing one more than eighteen.
  • none adverbNot at all or in no way.
  • northwest adjectiveSituated in or oriented toward the northwest.
  • notation nounA technical system of symbols used to represent special things.
  • notch verbCut or make a notch into.
  • note verbMake mention of.
  • nothing nounA quantity of no importance.
  • nuclear adjective(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy.
  • number nounThe property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.
  • nut nounUsually large hard-shelled seed.

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1.9% of the words in our list start with N. Of the common ones, 89 are nouns, 50 adjectives, 11 verbs and 19 adverbs.

All words starting with N350
Common words169
Nouns / adjectives / verbs / adverbs (common)89 / 50 / 11 / 19

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How many words start with N?
Our list has 350 words that start with N, and 169 of them are common in everyday English. Plurals and verb forms like "-ed" and "-ing" are not counted separately.
Where do the words and meanings come from?
The meanings and example sentences come from WordNet, the free English dictionary database from Princeton University. Word frequency comes from the open wordfreq project, and syllable counts from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. See how it works.
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