Word Type

Adverb

Verb

Intj

Adverb

The word "never" can be used as adverb, verb, intj and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

all time always always forever consistently constantly continually continuously ever ever forever happen will will happen

Derived Terms

Deadly Never-Green I have never I never did I never miss I thought you'd never ask I've never heard it called that before Never Never Neveruary Nevuary September that never ended a barking dog never bites a dumb priest never got a parish a magician never reveals his secrets a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor a watched kettle never boils a watched pot never boils a watched pot never boils over a wild goose never laid a tame egg a woman's work is never done barking dogs never bite beauty never boiled the pot better late than never cheaters never prosper cheats never prosper do a never faint heart never won fair lady first of never ill-gotten gains never prosper it never rains but it pours it never rains but that it pours it's never too late to mend lightning never strikes twice lightning never strikes twice in the same place misfortunes never come alone misfortunes never come singly nearly never bulled a cow nearly never won the race never Trumper never a dull moment never again never ask the barber if you need a haircut never been kissed never change a running system never eat shredded wheat never eat soggy Weet-Bix never eat soggy waffles never eat soggy wheat never event never ever never ever never ever have I never evers never fear never fight a land war in Asia never have I ever never in a million years never in a month of Sundays never judge a book by its cover never look a gift horse in the mouth never meet your heroes never mind never put off until tomorrow what you can do today never say die never say never never sick at sea never smoker never start a land war in Asia never the twain shall meet never the wiser never trust me never waste a crisis never you mind never-Trumper never-be never-do-well never-dying never-ending never-married never-never never-never land never-nude never-say-die never-smoker never-sweat never-was never-was'er never-was-er never-waser never-wasser never-would-be never-wozzer neverending neverfade neverland nevermind nevermore neverness nevers neversmoker neverthelater nevertheless neverthemore neverthriving neverwet now or never now-or-never on the never never one should never meet one's heroes the Internet never forgets the apple never falls far from the tree the camera never lies the course of true love never did run smooth the fox may grow grey but never good the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature tomorrow never comes watched toast never burns welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk wonders never cease you are never too old to learn you never know you never know what you've got till it's gone you never miss the water till the well runs dry you never miss the water until the well runs dry you'll never guess you're never too old to learn

Derived From

ever ne

Distinct From

always existing happening now

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

never again nevermore no more unprecedentedly unprecedently

Related Terms

February 31 Greek calends Neveruary a cold day in Hell first of never frequency never in a million years never in a month of Sundays

Related Terms

absolutely absolutely not adverb always at circumstance do do not happen impossibility literally literally not negation negative nerve no not nothing now now or occasion other previously time ultimatum will will not wont wont happen

Synonym Network

ne er

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