never
The word “never” has 2 syllables: nev-er
It's pronounced as /ˈnɛv.ɚ/
What is synonym and antonym for never?
In the thesaurus, “never” has 26 synonyms and 34 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for never along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for never
- at no time
- by no means
- forget it
- in no wise
- infrequently
- little
- nevermore
- no
- no way
- none
- not
- not at all
- not ever
- not in any way
- not in the least
- not on your life
- not under any condition
- nothing
- nothing doing
- noway
- noways
- nowhere near
- nowise
- on no account
- rarely
- seldom
Antonyms for never
- altogether
- always
- anyhow
- anyway
- anywise
- at all
- completely
- constantly
- continuously
- endlessly
- eternally
- ever
- everlastingly
- evermore
- exactly
- extremely
- forever
- frequently
- full
- fully
- half
- however
- invariably
- often
- out
- par excellence
- perpetually
- recurrently
- repeatedly
- right
- somehow
- someway
- someways
- very
Meanings of never
- adverb
- 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).
Example Sentences
- I will never forget the kindness you showed me.
- He had never seen such a beautiful sunset before.
- She promised to never give up on her dreams.
- You should never judge someone without knowing their story.
- They had never traveled outside their country until last year.
On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to never, such as: altogether, always, anyhow, anyway, anywise, at all, at no time.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- dreadful
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- infection
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- injurious
- injury
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- insult
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- lot
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- low-grade
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- menacing
- mercilessly
- minatory
- misadventure
- mischance
- mischief
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- miscreant
- miserable
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- misfortune
- mishap
- morbid
- morose
- murky
- nasty
- nauseated
- nauseous
- near
- never
- niggardly
- no
- no way
- nocent
- nocuous
- noisome
- none
- nonsuccess
- nothing
- nothing doing
- noway
- nowhere
- nowise
- noxious
- obdurately
- odious
- off
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- on no account
- on sick list
- oppressively
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- pain
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- peaked
- peaky
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- pest
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- pestilence
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- phoney
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- pip
- pitilessly
- plague
- plutonian
- poisonous
- poor
- poorly
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- portion
- prejudicial
- punk
- qualmish
- queasy
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- queer
- queerish
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- resolutely
- risky
- rot
- rotten
- roughly
- rubbishy
- ruinous
- run down
- run-down
- running a temperature
- ruthlessly
- satanism
- saturnine
- savagely
- scanty
- scarcely
- scurrility
- scurrilous
- scurrilousness
- seasick
- second-rate
- seedy
- sepulchral
- setback
- severely
- shabby
- shaky
- sham
- shoddy
- short
- sick
- sick as a dog
- sickened
- sickish
- sickliness
- sickly
- sickness
- sin
- sinfulness
- sinister
- skimp
- skimpy
- sleazy
- somber
- sombre
- sorrow
- sour
- spare
- spell
- squalor
- squeamish
- star-crossed
- sternly
- stiffly
- stingy
- stinky
- strongly
- suboptimal
- subpar
- substandard
- sucky
- suffering
- sullen
- sunless
- surly
- symptomatic
- syndrome
- taboo
- tabu
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- terrible
- threatening
- toughly
- tragedy
- trashy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- troubled
- tyrannically
- unacceptable
- uncharitably
- under par
- under the weather
- unfavorable
- unfeelingly
- unfortunate
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- unhappiness
- unhealthful
- unhealthiness
- unhealthy
- unkind
- unlucky
- unmercifully
- unpleasantness
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- unsafe
- unsatisfactory
- unsettled
- unsound
- unsoundness
- unsparingly
- unspeakable
- unwell
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- unwholesome
- upset
- useless
- valueless
- venomous
- viciously
- vile
- vileness
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- villainy
- wack
- wanting
- weak
- weakly
- weakness
- wicked
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- woe
- woozy
- worthless
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- wrong
variably
- alternately
- at intervals
- at times
- differently
- episodically
- erratically
- every once in a while
- every so often
- fluctuating
- from time to time
- inconsistently
- infrequently
- intermittently
- irregularly
- little
- never
- now and then
- occasionally
- on occasion
- once
- once in a while
- rarely
- seldom
- slightly
- sometimes
- somewhat
- sporadically
- vacillating
- vaguely
nevermore
- at no time
- forget it
- infrequently
- little
- never
- no way
- not
- not at all
- not ever
- not in any way
- not in the least
- not on your life
- not under any condition
- rarely
- seldom
rarely
- almost never
- barely
- episodically
- extra
- extraordinarily
- extremely
- finely
- hardly
- hardly ever
- infrequently
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- little
- never
- notably
- now and then
- occasionally
- on rare occasions
- once in a blue moon
- once in a while
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- remarkably
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- singularly
- sometimes
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- uncommon
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- unfrequently
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- unusually