never

Adverb

• At no time; not ever.
• not ever; at no time in the past or future
  • "I have never been to China"
  • "I shall never forget this day"
  • "had never seen a circus"
  • "never on Sunday"
  • "I will never marry you!"
• not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances
  • "never fear"
  • "bringing up children is never easy"
  • "that will never do"
  • "what is morally wrong can never be politically right"

Adv

• At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
• Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
• Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).

Verb

• Did not; didn't.

Intj

• A statement of defiance

Examples

• He vowed he would never again miss a chance to use a ’Z’ on a triple-letter score.
• I finally finished, and I never do wanna do it again.
• I'll never not like you.
• The police say I stole the car, but I never did it.
• We were at the same college, but happened never to meet.
• You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never!
• ‘Guess what, I've won the pools!’ ‘Never!’

Synonyms

ne'er, at latter Lammas, at no time, in the reign of Queen Dick, never, never ever, not while pussy's a cat, on the second Tuesday of the week, sine die, when Hell freezes over, when pigs fly, when two Sundays come together, when two Sundays meet

Antonyms

ever, all the time, always, consistently, constantly, continually, continuously, forever, got

Related Words

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

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