Definition of Neuter

1. Noun. A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine).

Generic synonyms: Gender, Grammatical Gender

2. Verb. Remove the ovaries of. "Is your cat spayed?"
Exact synonyms: Alter, Castrate, Spay
Specialized synonyms: Defeminise, Defeminize
Generic synonyms: Desex, Desexualise, Desexualize, Fix, Sterilise, Sterilize, Unsex
Derivative terms: Castration, Neutering, Spaying

3. Adjective. Of grammatical gender. "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"
Antonyms: Feminine, Masculine

4. Adjective. Having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs.
Exact synonyms: Sexless
Similar to: Asexual, Nonsexual
Derivative terms: Sexlessness

Definition of Neuter

1. a. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.

2. n. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.

Definition of Neuter

1. to castrate [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: castrate

Medical Definition of Neuter

1. 1. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. "In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter." (South) 2. 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; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender. Intransitive; as, a neuter verb. 3. Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter. Origin: L, fr. Ne not + uter whether; akin to E. Whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither. 1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral. "The world's no neuter; it will wound or save." (Young) 2. A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words. An intransitive verb. 3. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuter

neurula
neurula
neurulae
neurular
neurulas
neurulation
neurulation
neurulations
Neusser
Neusser's granules
neustic
neuston
neustonic
neustons
neuter (current term)
neuter (current term)
neutered
neutering
neuters
neutral
neutral
neutral-density filter
neutralisation
neutralisation
neutralisation reaction
neutralise
neutralise
neutralised
neutralises
neutralising

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