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neuter

/ˈnjuːtə/

noun

Meaning

  • An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

  • A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.

  • (grammar) The neuter gender.

  • (grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.

  • (grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.

verb

Meaning

  • To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.

  • To rid of sexuality.

  • To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.

Synonyms

castrate,
desex,
doctor,
fix,
spay

adjective

Meaning

  • Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.

  • (grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

    "a neuter noun"

  • (grammar) Intransitive.

    "a neuter verb"

  • Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.

  • Sexless, nonsexual.

Synonyms

genderless,
sexless,
impartial,
neutral,
intransitive