Npc

name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of non-player character. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "When it comes to open-world games and larger experiences, NPCs are crucial to immersing the player in the world and allowing them to feel as though the people they meet along their journey aren’t just robots but, in fact, real individuals and smaller but important pieces to the larger puzzles of the title. For The Witcher 4, game director Sebastian Kalemba has vowed to make every NPC in the upcoming installment look like “they’re living, with their own story.”"

  2. 2
    an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems wordnet
  3. 3
    Initialism of non-player character.; A person with no ability to think for themselves; a sheeple (originally referring to opponents of US President Donald Trump). Internet, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "Several months ago, users on 4chan and Reddit, the online message forums, started using the term NPC to refer to liberals. These people, they said, join the anti-Trump crowd not because they are led by independent thought or conscience to oppose President Trump’s policies, but because they’re brainwashed sheep who have been conditioned to parrot left-wing orthodoxy, in the manner of a scripted character."

  4. 4
    Initialism of no patient care. abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    Initialism of Niemann-Pick disease type C. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Show 3 more definitions
  1. 6
    Initialism of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 7
    Initialism of non-printing character. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of neighbourhood police center. Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To act as an NPC (“non-player character”) in a game. intransitive

    "All characters wish to submit to the game must be either netural or good even though the group will have to interact with evil beings as well. To preserve the group from being totally dark and paranoid, I will NPC the evil characters."

Slang
  1. 1
    A person acting bland, scripted, or lacking individuality. slang, gaming, 2020s

    "He posted the same npc comment on every video."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of National Power Corporation. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of National Privacy Commission. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of National Paralympic Committee. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Nationalist People's Coalition. Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Initialism of National People's Congress. China, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Show 4 more definitions
  1. 6
    Initialism of National Physique Committee. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of National Petroleum Council. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of Northern People's Congress. Nigeria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    Initialism of National Provincial Championship. New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms
aibotcpunasopharyngeal carcinomanon player characternon-player character

Antonyms

All antonyms
pc

Example

More examples

"He posted the same npc comment on every video."

More for "npc"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.