Not

//nɒt//

Synonyms for "not" (26 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Noun(1 words)

Intj(1 words)

;

Adverb(1 words)

almost

anarchism and bender

Strong matches (7)

Intj(2 words)

bender i don't think

carouse nay need not negative

Adverb(1 words)

far from

Related words (13)

never no no longer non nothing of the kind n’t other than xor

Adverb(1 words)

non

Intj(1 words)

psych

Noun(3 words)

~¬ˈ

Related word relations

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10 relation types

Antonyms

3 entries

and ton yes

Synonyms

3 entries

bender non n’t

Related terms

37 entries

ain't and aren't can't cannot daren't didn't doesn't don't else false forget-me-not hadn't hasn't have-not haven't

Showing 16 of 37 words.

capable of

1 entries

dig well

coordinate

1 entries

just kidding

derived

21 entries

NAND NOR Not-Deer XNOR astronot could not get elected dogcatcher injucundity not a word not again not dog not necessarily not to put too fine a point on it not-for-profit not-self not-so-hot notness

Showing 16 of 21 words.

distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

6 entries

aught naught no nought whit wight

has context

5 entries

1990s logic mathematics slang sports

related to

81 entries

adjective adverb ain't and and or anti aren't backwards can't cannot conjunction conjunction negative connector contradiction daren't degree

Showing 16 of 81 words.

Translations

393 translations across 187 languages.

Acehnese

1 entries

hana adv (negates meaning of another word)

Afrikaans

2 entries

nie adv (negates meaning of another word)
nie ... nie adv (negates meaning of another word)

Albanian

2 entries

nuk adv (negates meaning of another word)
s' adv (negates meaning of another word)

Amharic

1 entries

አይደለም adv (negates meaning of another word)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μή adv (negates meaning of another word)
οὐ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Arabic

4 entries

لَا adv (negates meaning of another word)
لَم adv (negates meaning of another word)
لَن adv (negates meaning of another word)
لَيْسَ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Armenian

1 entries

չ- + adv (negates meaning of another word)

Aromanian

1 entries

nu adv (negates meaning of another word)

Assamese

4 entries

ন adv (negates meaning of another word)
নহয় adv (negates meaning of another word)
না adv (negates meaning of another word)
নহয় conj (And not)

Asturian

1 entries

nun adv (negates meaning of another word)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

deyil adv (negates meaning of another word)

Bangi

1 entries

te adv (negates meaning of another word)

Bashkir

1 entries

түгел adv (negates meaning of another word)

Basque

1 entries

ez adv (negates meaning of another word)

Bavarian German

4 entries

it adv (negates meaning of another word)
ned adv (negates meaning of another word)
net adv (negates meaning of another word)
niad adv (negates meaning of another word)

Belarusian

2 entries

не adv (negates meaning of another word)
ня adv (negates meaning of another word)

Bengali

1 entries

না adv (negates meaning of another word)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

नाहीं adv (negates meaning of another word)

Bikol Central

1 entries

bako adv (negates meaning of another word)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

endah adv (negates meaning of another word)

Bulgarian

1 entries

не adv (negates meaning of another word)

Burmese

1 entries

မ ... ဘူး adv (negates meaning of another word)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

не adv (negates meaning of another word)

Catalan

2 entries

no adv (negates meaning of another word)
no ... pas adv (negates meaning of another word)

Cebuano

1 entries

dili adv (negates meaning of another word)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries

pronoun adv (negates meaning of another word)

Central Huishui Hmong

1 entries

tsis adv (negates meaning of another word)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

نا adv (negates meaning of another word)
نە adv (negates meaning of another word)
نەک conj (And not)

Chamicuro

1 entries

kala adv (negates meaning of another word)

Chechen

3 entries

ма adv (negates meaning of another word)
ца adv (negates meaning of another word)
яц adv (negates meaning of another word)

Cherokee

1 entries

Ꮭ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Chichewa

1 entries

osati adv (negates meaning of another word)

Chinese

2 entries

бу adv (negates meaning of another word)
無 /无 adv (negates meaning of another word)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

不 adv (negates meaning of another word)
唔 adv (negates meaning of another word)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

不 adv (negates meaning of another word)
別 /别 adv (negates meaning of another word)
未 adv (negates meaning of another word)
沒 /没 adv (negates meaning of another word)

Church Slavic

1 entries

не adv (negates meaning of another word)

Corsican

1 entries

micca adv (negates meaning of another word)

Czech

3 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
ne conj (And not)
nikoliv conj (And not)

Danish

3 entries

ej adv (negates meaning of another word)
ikke adv (negates meaning of another word)
ikke intj (Translations)

Dutch

3 entries

niet adv (negates meaning of another word)
geen conj (And not)
niet conj (And not)

East Central German

4 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
net adv (negates meaning of another word)
ni adv (negates meaning of another word)
nich adv (negates meaning of another word)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

伓 adv (negates meaning of another word)

Egyptian

1 entries

nj adv (negates meaning of another word)

Enga

1 entries

daa adv (negates meaning of another word)

Esperanto

1 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)

Estonian

2 entries

ei adv (negates meaning of another word)
mitte conj (And not)

Faroese

3 entries

ei adv (negates meaning of another word)
ikki adv (negates meaning of another word)
ikki intj (Translations)

Finnish

4 entries

ei adv (negates meaning of another word)
eikä conj (And not)
ja paskat intj (Translations)
EI noun (unary negation function)

French

4 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
ne ... pas adv (negates meaning of another word)
pas adv (negates meaning of another word)
non conj (And not)

Gagauz

3 entries

diil adv (negates meaning of another word)
ma adv (negates meaning of another word)
me adv (negates meaning of another word)

Galician

3 entries

non adv (negates meaning of another word)
non conj (And not)
non intj (Translations)

Georgian

2 entries

არ adv (negates meaning of another word)
და არა conj (And not)

German

4 entries

net adv (negates meaning of another word)
nicht adv (negates meaning of another word)
nit adv (negates meaning of another word)
nöt adv (negates meaning of another word)

Greek

4 entries

δε adv (negates meaning of another word)
δεν adv (negates meaning of another word)
μη adv (negates meaning of another word)
μην adv (negates meaning of another word)

Guerrero Amuzgo

1 entries

chi adv (negates meaning of another word)

Gujarati

1 entries

નથી adv (negates meaning of another word)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

pa adv (negates meaning of another word)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

唔 adv (negates meaning of another word)

Hausa

1 entries

ba adv (negates meaning of another word)

Hawaiian

1 entries

ʻaʻole adv (negates meaning of another word)

Hebrew

3 entries

אֵין adv (negates meaning of another word)
לא adv (negates meaning of another word)
ולא conj (And not)

Hindi

3 entries

न adv (negates meaning of another word)
नहीं adv (negates meaning of another word)
मत adv (negates meaning of another word)

Hittite

1 entries

𒈾𒀜𒋫 adv (negates meaning of another word)

Hungarian

2 entries

nem adv (negates meaning of another word)
nem pedig conj (And not)

Icelandic

4 entries

ei adv (negates meaning of another word)
eigi adv (negates meaning of another word)
ekki adv (negates meaning of another word)
ei conj (And not)

Ido

1 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)

Igbo

1 entries

ọ bụghị adv (negates meaning of another word)

Indonesian

3 entries

tak adv (negates meaning of another word)
tidak adv (negates meaning of another word)
bukan conj (And not)

Ingush

1 entries

ца adv (negates meaning of another word)

Interlingua

1 entries

non adv (negates meaning of another word)

Iraqi Arabic

1 entries

مو adv (negates meaning of another word)

Irish

4 entries

cha adv (negates meaning of another word)
chan adv (negates meaning of another word)
char adv (negates meaning of another word)
gan adv (negates meaning of another word)

Italian

3 entries

mica adv (negates meaning of another word)
non adv (negates meaning of another word)
non conj (And not)

Japanese

4 entries

...ではない adv (negates meaning of another word)
...ない adv (negates meaning of another word)
ません adv (negates meaning of another word)
...ではなく conj (And not)

Jarawa

2 entries

ma adv (negates meaning of another word)
naɖem adv (negates meaning of another word)

Javanese

1 entries

ora adv (negates meaning of another word)

Kamkata-viri

1 entries

nā̃i adv (negates meaning of another word)

Kannada

1 entries

ಅಲ್ಲ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Kapampangan

4 entries

ali adv (negates meaning of another word)
e adv (negates meaning of another word)
alimu conj (And not)
alirin conj (And not)

Kashubian

1 entries

ni adv (negates meaning of another word)

Kazakh

1 entries

емес adv (negates meaning of another word)

Khalaj

2 entries

dâğ adv (negates meaning of another word)
داغ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Khmer

1 entries

មិន...ទេ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Khün

1 entries

ᨷᩢ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Kilivila

1 entries

gala adv (negates meaning of another word)

Korean

2 entries

...아니다 adv (negates meaning of another word)
안 adv (negates meaning of another word)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

эмес adv (negates meaning of another word)

Ladino

1 entries

נון adv (negates meaning of another word)

Lao

1 entries

ບໍ່ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Latin

4 entries

hau adv (negates meaning of another word)
haud adv (negates meaning of another word)
haut adv (negates meaning of another word)
ne adv (negates meaning of another word)

Latvian

1 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)

Lepcha

1 entries

ᰕ- -ᰍᰬ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Lingala

1 entries

te adv (negates meaning of another word)

Linngithigh

1 entries

ngga' adv (negates meaning of another word)

Lithuanian

1 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

nje adv (negates meaning of another word)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

net adv (negates meaning of another word)

Lü

2 entries

ᦢᧁᧈ adv (negates meaning of another word)
ᨷᩢ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Macedonian

1 entries

не adv (negates meaning of another word)

Malay

4 entries

bukan adv (negates meaning of another word)
endah (Sarawak) adv (negates meaning of another word)
tidak adv (negates meaning of another word)
bukan conj (And not)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഇല്ല adv (negates meaning of another word)

Maltese

2 entries

lanqas adv (negates meaning of another word)
mhux adv (negates meaning of another word)

Mansaka

1 entries

di adv (negates meaning of another word)

Maranao

1 entries

di' adv (negates meaning of another word)

Marathi

1 entries

नाही adv (negates meaning of another word)

Middle Dutch

1 entries

niet adv (negates meaning of another word)

Middle English

4 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
not adv (negates meaning of another word)
nought adv (negates meaning of another word)
nought conj (And not)

Miskito

1 entries

apia adv (negates meaning of another word)

Mongolian

4 entries

биш adv (negates meaning of another word)
үлүү adv (negates meaning of another word)
ᠦᠯᠦ adv (negates meaning of another word)
ᠪᠢᠰᠢ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Mudburra

1 entries

kula adv (negates meaning of another word)

Māori

2 entries

e kore adv (negates meaning of another word)
kāore adv (negates meaning of another word)

Navajo

1 entries

dooda adv (negates meaning of another word)

Naxi

1 entries

me adv (negates meaning of another word)

Nepali

1 entries

छैन adv (negates meaning of another word)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

tsi adv (negates meaning of another word)

North Frisian

4 entries

ai adv (negates meaning of another word)
ei adv (negates meaning of another word)
ek adv (negates meaning of another word)
ni adv (negates meaning of another word)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᨷᩴ᩵ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

ei adv (negates meaning of another word)
ikke adv (negates meaning of another word)
ikke conj (And not)
ikke intj (Translations)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

ei adv (negates meaning of another word)
ikkje adv (negates meaning of another word)
ikkje conj (And not)
ikkje intj (Translations)

O'odham

1 entries

pi adv (negates meaning of another word)

Occitan

2 entries

non adv (negates meaning of another word)
pas adv (negates meaning of another word)

Ojibwe

1 entries

gaawiin adv (negates meaning of another word)

Old Dutch

3 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
niewiht adv (negates meaning of another word)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

не adv (negates meaning of another word)

Old English

2 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
nā conj (And not)

Old Frisian

2 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
ni adv (negates meaning of another word)

Old Irish

2 entries

ní adv (negates meaning of another word)
nícon adv (negates meaning of another word)

Old Norse

2 entries

ekki adv (negates meaning of another word)
ekki intj (Translations)

Old Saxon

2 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
ni adv (negates meaning of another word)

Ossetian

1 entries

нӕ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Persian

2 entries

نه adv (negates meaning of another word)
نه conj (And not)

Polish

3 entries

nie adv (negates meaning of another word)
a nie conj (And not)
nie conj (And not)

Portuguese

3 entries

não adv (negates meaning of another word)
não conj (And not)
só que não intj (Translations)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਨਾ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Quechua

1 entries

ama adv (negates meaning of another word)

Rapa Nui

2 entries

hoki adv (negates meaning of another word)
kai adv (negates meaning of another word)

Romani

3 entries

na adv (negates meaning of another word)
ni adv (negates meaning of another word)
ći adv (negates meaning of another word)

Romanian

2 entries

nu adv (negates meaning of another word)
nu conj (And not)

Russian

3 entries

не adv (negates meaning of another word)
а не conj (And not)
не conj (And not)

Salar

1 entries

emes adv (negates meaning of another word)

Samoan

1 entries

lē adv (negates meaning of another word)

Sanskrit

1 entries

न adv (negates meaning of another word)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

cha adv (negates meaning of another word)
chan adv (negates meaning of another word)
chan eil adv (negates meaning of another word)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
не adv (negates meaning of another word)

Shan

1 entries

ဢမ်ႇ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Sicilian

4 entries

'un adv (negates meaning of another word)
nn' adv (negates meaning of another word)
non adv (negates meaning of another word)
nun adv (negates meaning of another word)

Slovak

2 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)
nie conj (And not)

Slovene

1 entries

nè adv (negates meaning of another word)

Somali

1 entries

ma adv (negates meaning of another word)

Spanish

2 entries

no adv (negates meaning of another word)
no conj (And not)

Sundanese

4 entries

enteu adv (negates meaning of another word)
sanés adv (negates meaning of another word)
teu adv (negates meaning of another word)
sanés conj (And not)

Swabian

3 entries

et adv (negates meaning of another word)
it adv (negates meaning of another word)
net adv (negates meaning of another word)

Swedish

4 entries

ej adv (negates meaning of another word)
icke adv (negates meaning of another word)
inte adv (negates meaning of another word)
ej conj (And not)

Tagalog

1 entries

hindi adv (negates meaning of another word)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪹꪚ꪿ꪱ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Tajik

1 entries

не adv (negates meaning of another word)

Tamil

1 entries

இல்லை adv (negates meaning of another word)

Tatar

2 entries

түгел adv (negates meaning of another word)
түгел conj (And not)

Tausug

1 entries

di adv (negates meaning of another word)

Telugu

1 entries

కాదు adv (negates meaning of another word)

Tetum

1 entries

la adv (negates meaning of another word)

Thai

2 entries

ไม่ adv (negates meaning of another word)
ไม่ใช่ adv (negates meaning of another word)

Tibetan

4 entries

མ adv (negates meaning of another word)
མི adv (negates meaning of another word)
མིན adv (negates meaning of another word)
མེད adv (negates meaning of another word)

Tunisian Arabic

1 entries

مش adv (negates meaning of another word)

Turkish

4 entries

değil adv (negates meaning of another word)
ma adv (negates meaning of another word)
me adv (negates meaning of another word)
değil conj (And not)

Turkmen

1 entries

däl adv (negates meaning of another word)

Tz'utujil

1 entries

ma adv (negates meaning of another word)

Tày

4 entries

bấu adv (negates meaning of another word)
bố adv (negates meaning of another word)
mì adv (negates meaning of another word)
ná adv (negates meaning of another word)

Ukrainian

1 entries

не adv (negates meaning of another word)

Urdu

3 entries

مت adv (negates meaning of another word)
نہ adv (negates meaning of another word)
نہیں adv (negates meaning of another word)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئەمەس adv (negates meaning of another word)

Uzbek

1 entries

emas adv (negates meaning of another word)

Vietnamese

3 entries

chả adv (negates meaning of another word)
chẳng adv (negates meaning of another word)
không adv (negates meaning of another word)

Waigali

1 entries

ne adv (negates meaning of another word)

Welsh

1 entries

dim adv (negates meaning of another word)

West-Frisian

1 entries

net adv (negates meaning of another word)

Western Apache

1 entries

dawǫ́’ adv (negates meaning of another word)

White Hmong

1 entries

tsis adv (negates meaning of another word)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

勿 adv (negates meaning of another word)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

不 adv (negates meaning of another word)

Yaghnobi

1 entries

на adv (negates meaning of another word)

Yemeni Arabic

1 entries

مش adv (negates meaning of another word)

Yiddish

2 entries

ניט adv (negates meaning of another word)
נישט adv (negates meaning of another word)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

ma' adv (negates meaning of another word)

Zealandic

1 entries

nie adv (negates meaning of another word)

Zhuang

1 entries

mbouj adv (negates meaning of another word)

ǃXóõ

1 entries

ǁʻàa adv (negates meaning of another word)

Sample sentences

43 total sentences available.

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I'll do my best not to disturb your studying.

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No I'm not; you are!

Source: tatoeba (1323)

I'm not a real fish, I'm just a mere plushy.

Source: tatoeba (1342)

I think it is best not to be impolite.

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