English adjective: neuter | |||
| 1. | neuter of grammatical gender | ||
| Samples | `it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun. | ||
| Antonyms | masculine, feminine | ||
| 2. | neuter having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs | ||
| Synonyms | sexless | ||
| Similar | asexual, nonsexual | ||
| Antonyms | sexual | ||
English noun: neuter | |||
| 1. | neuter (communication) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gender, grammatical gender | ||
English verb: neuter | |||
| 1. | neuter (body) remove the ovaries of | ||
| Samples | Is your cat spayed?. | ||
| Synonyms | alter, castrate, spay | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | defeminise, defeminize | ||