Never

//ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "never" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Strong matches (17)

Adverb(1 words)
ne'er
Intj(1 words)
no kidding

Related words (28)

Intj(2 words)
oh reallyshut up
Prep_phrase(1 words)
under no circumstance

Related word relations

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Antonyms

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derived from

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distinct from

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related to

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Translations

204 translations across 113 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • ахаан adv (at no time)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • nooit adv (at no time)

Albanian

2 entries
  • asnjëherë adv (at no time)
  • kurrë adv (at no time)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • μήποτε adv (at no time)
  • οὐδέποτε adv (at no time)
  • οὔποτε adv (at no time)

Arabic

2 entries
  • أبدًا adv (at no time)
  • أَبَدًا adv (at no time)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • nunca adv (at no time)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բնավ adv (at no time)
  • երբեք adv (at no time)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܗܸܟ̰ ܓܵܗܵܐ adv (at no time)
  • ܠܵܐ ܠܥܵܠܲܡ adv (at no time)

Asturian

2 entries
  • enxamás adv (at no time)
  • nunca adv (at no time)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • heç vaxt adv (at no time)
  • heç vədə adv (at no time)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • бер ҡасан да adv (at no time)

Basque

1 entries
  • inoiz ez adv (at no time)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ніко́лі adv (at no time)

Bengali

1 entries
  • না adv (at no time)

Bislama

1 entries
  • neva adv (at no time)

Breton

3 entries
  • biken biskoazh james adv (at no time)
  • morse adv (at no time)
  • nepred adv (at no time)

Cameroon Pidgin

1 entries
  • neba adv (at no time)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • нї́ґда adv (at no time)

Catalan

1 entries
  • mai adv (at no time)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • قەد adv (at no time)
  • ھیچ adv (at no time)
  • ھەرگیز adv (at no time)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • mepolajyaka adv (at no time)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • Ꮭ ᎢᎸᎯᏳ adv (at no time)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 不曾 adv (at no time)
  • 從不 /从不 adv (at no time)
  • 從來 /从来 adv (at no time)
  • 從未 /从未 adv (at no time)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • николижє adv (at no time)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • iç bir vaqıt adv (at no time)

Czech

1 entries
  • nikdy adv (at no time)

Danish

1 entries
  • aldrig adv (at no time)

Dutch

2 entries
  • nimmer adv (at no time)
  • nooit adv (at no time)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • neniam adv (at no time)

Estonian

2 entries
  • eales adv (at no time)
  • iial adv (at no time)

Ewe

1 entries
  • gbeɖe adv (at no time)

Faroese

2 entries
  • aldri adv (at no time)
  • ongantíð adv (at no time)

Finnish

3 entries
  • ei ikinä adv (at no time)
  • ei koskaan adv (at no time)
  • ei milloinkaan adv (at no time)

French

1 entries
  • jamais adv (at no time)

Galician

4 entries
  • ar adv (at no time)
  • endexamais adv (at no time)
  • nunca adv (at no time)
  • xamais adv (at no time)

Georgian

4 entries
  • არასდროს adv (at no time)
  • არასოდეს adv (at no time)
  • ვერასდროს adv (at no time)
  • ვერასოდეს adv (at no time)

German

4 entries
  • nie adv (at no time)
  • nie adv (at no time)
  • niemals adv (at no time)
  • nimmer adv (at no time)

Greek

2 entries
  • ουδέποτε adv (at no time)
  • ποτέ adv (at no time)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻaʻole adv (at no time)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אַף פַּעַם adv (at no time)
  • לעולם לא adv (at no time)

Hindi

1 entries
  • कभी नहीं adv (at no time)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • sohase adv (at no time)
  • sohasem adv (at no time)
  • sose adv (at no time)
  • sosem adv (at no time)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • aldrei adv (at no time)

Ido

2 entries
  • nulatempe adv (at no time)
  • nultempe adv (at no time)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • tidak akan adv (at no time)
  • tidak pernah adv (at no time)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • ikinää adv (at no time)
  • konskaa adv (at no time)

Irish

2 entries
  • go deo adv (at no time)
  • riamh adv (at no time)

Istriot

1 entries
  • mai adv (at no time)

Italian

2 entries
  • giammai adv (at no time)
  • mai adv (at no time)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 万々 adv (at no time)
  • 万々 adv (at no time)
  • 何時でも adv (at no time)
  • 全く adv (at no time)

Jarai

1 entries
  • ngai adv (at no time)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • agyandirit adv (at no time)
  • anjandirit adv (at no time)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • бұрын-соңды adv (at no time)
  • еш уақытта adv (at no time)
  • ешқашан adv (at no time)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មិនដែល adv (at no time)

Korean

2 entries
  • 결코 adv (at no time)
  • 절대로 adv (at no time)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • эч качан adv (at no time)
  • эч убакта adv (at no time)

Lao

2 entries
  • ບໍ່ຈັກເທື່ອ adv (at no time)
  • ບໍ່ເຄີຍ adv (at no time)

Latin

1 entries
  • numquam adv (at no time)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nekad adv (at no time)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • niekada adv (at no time)

Low German

3 entries
  • mien Leevdag nich adv (at no time)
  • niemals adv (at no time)
  • niemols adv (at no time)

Luxembourgish

4 entries
  • keemol adv (at no time)
  • keemools adv (at no time)
  • ni adv (at no time)
  • nimools adv (at no time)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • никогаш adv (at no time)

Malay

4 entries
  • tidak akan adv (at no time)
  • tidak pernah adv (at no time)
  • تيدق اکن adv (at no time)
  • تيدق ڤرنه adv (at no time)

Maltese

1 entries
  • qatt adv (at no time)

Middle French

2 entries
  • iamays adv (at no time)
  • oncques adv (at no time)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • nunca adv (at no time)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • ер үгүй adv (at no time)
  • хэзээ ч үгүй adv (at no time)

Māori

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  • hore kau adv (at no time)
  • kore rawa adv (at no time)
  • kā(h)ore kau adv (at no time)
  • kā(h)ore rawa adv (at no time)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ayouica adv (at no time)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tsʼídá háadi da adv (at no time)

Norman

1 entries
  • janmais adv (at no time)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • oler adv (at no time)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • hîç (carekê jî) adv (at no time)
  • qet adv (at no time)
  • ticar adv (at no time)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • aldri adv (at no time)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • aldri adv (at no time)

Occitan

1 entries
  • jamai adv (at no time)

Old English

1 entries
  • nǣfre adv (at no time)

Old French

2 entries
  • jamés adv (at no time)
  • onques adv (at no time)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • никӕд adv (at no time)

Persian

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  • ابداً adv (at no time)
  • هرگز adv (at no time)
  • هیچوقت adv (at no time)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • kjeenmol adv (at no time)
  • nienich (nds) adv (at no time)

Polish

1 entries
  • nigdy adv (at no time)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • jamais adv (at no time)
  • nunca adv (at no time)

Romanian

2 entries
  • nicicând adv (at no time)
  • niciodată adv (at no time)

Russian

1 entries
  • никогда́ adv (at no time)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • न कदाचित् adv (at no time)
  • न कदापि adv (at no time)
  • न कर्हिचित adv (at no time)
  • न सदा adv (at no time)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • mai adv (at no time)

Scots

1 entries
  • niver adv (at no time)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • a-chaoidh adv (at no time)
  • gu bràth adv (at no time)
  • riamh adv (at no time)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nikad adv (at no time)
  • nikada adv (at no time)
  • никад adv (at no time)
  • никада adv (at no time)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • mai adv (at no time)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nikdy adv (at no time)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nikóli adv (at no time)
  • níkdar adv (at no time)

Spanish

2 entries
  • jamás adv (at no time)
  • nunca adv (at no time)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kamwe adv (at no time)

Swedish

1 entries
  • aldrig adv (at no time)

Tajik

4 entries
  • абадан adv (at no time)
  • асло adv (at no time)
  • ҳаргиз adv (at no time)
  • ҳеҷ вақт adv (at no time)

Tatar

1 entries
  • һичвакыт adv (at no time)

Thai

1 entries
  • ไม่เคย adv (at no time)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཁྱོན་ནས adv (at no time)
  • རྩ་བ་ནས adv (at no time)

Turkish

3 entries
  • asla adv (at no time)
  • hiç adv (at no time)
  • hiçbir zaman adv (at no time)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • hiç haçan adv (at no time)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ніко́ли adv (at no time)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کبھی نہیں adv (at no time)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • aslo adv (at no time)
  • hech adv (at no time)
  • hech qachon adv (at no time)
  • hech vaqt adv (at no time)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • không bao giờ adv (at no time)

Volapük

1 entries
  • neai adv (at no time)

Welsh

1 entries
  • byth adv (at no time)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • nea adv (at no time)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • ta-goong adv (at no time)

Yakut

1 entries
  • ончу adv (at no time)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קיינמאָל adv (at no time)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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This is never going to end.

Source: tatoeba (1287)

I never liked biology.

Source: tatoeba (1317)

I am not an artist. I never had the knack for it.

Source: tatoeba (1369)

Humans were never meant to live forever.

Source: tatoeba (1376)

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