Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Pronoun

The word "nun" can be used as noun, proper noun and pronoun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

brother priest

Typical Location

church

Capable Of

eat spam pray

Derived Terms

Nun Monkton Nun of the Visitation corporate nun dry as a nun's cunt dry as a nun's nasty nun buoy nun moth nun-coloured nun-like nunate nunation nunbird nunhood nunless nunlet nunlike nunly nunnation nunnery nunnish nunship nunsploitation unnun

Distinct From

priest

Etymologically Related To

nana papa

Context

british slang legal roman catholicism specifically

Has Property

likely to live in convent

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

alphabetic character buoy letter letter of the alphabet religious

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Poor Clare

Type Of (IsA)

beheaded letter religious religious person woman worker

Not Desires

sex

Related Terms

Covent Garden nun abbess abbot nonnus

Related Terms

abbess arabic aramaic bamun cameroon catholic catholic woman celibacy christian christian missionary cloister convent father feather female female monk girl girl priest habit hebrew missionary monastery monk nonnus penguin person phoenician pigeon praying priest prostitute religion religion person religious religious woman syriac vow woman

Synonym Network

conical buoy sister

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