non

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US/nɑn/UK/nɒn/

adverb

Used to negate or invert the meaning of the following adjective. More properly written as the prefix non-.

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Meanings

adverbnon (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteObsolete form of none.
  2. nonstandardnot comparableUsed to negate or invert the meaning of the following adjective. More properly written as the prefix non-.

    We have more veins than needed. These veins are essentially used up. The solution collapses the non essential veins and the body reroutes the blood flow. We have thousands of them

    2026 July 12, u/MacaronNotRoon, r/oddlysatisfying (Reddit post), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026
nounnon (plural nons)

plural nons

  1. MalaysiaslangA non-Muslim citizen.
  2. slangA nonwhite person.

    For nons to be eligible to apply to live in White countries they also must first go through a thousand years of purging their criminal elements

    2026 June 10, @Aarvoll_, X (post), archived from the original on 11 Jun 2026

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbnegation of a word or group of words

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishnon

From non- (prefix)

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Cite this entry
APA

non. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non

MLA

“non.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non.

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