Definitions for neutral

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neutral neu·tral

Spelling: [noo-truh l, nyoo-]

IPA: /ˈnu trəl, ˈnyu-/

Neutral is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in neutral (aelnrtu).

Definitions for neutral

noun

1. a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
2. a citizen of a neutral nation during a war.
3. Machinery, Automotive. the position or state of disengaged gears or other interconnecting parts:
4. a neutral color.

adjective

1. not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others:
2. not aligned with or supporting any side or position in a controversy:
3. of or belonging to a neutral state or party:
4. of no particular kind, characteristics, etc.; indefinite:
5. gray; without hue; of zero chroma; achromatic. matching well with many or most other colors or shades, as white or beige.
6. Botany, Zoology. neuter.
7. not causing or reflecting a change in something:
8. Chemistry. exhibiting neither acid nor alkaline qualities:
9. Physics. (of a particle) having no charge. (of an atom, molecule, collection of particles, fluid, or solid) having no net charge; electroneutral; not electrified. not magnetized.
10. Phonetics. (of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue relaxed in a central position, as the a in alive; reduced.

Origin of neutral

1400-50; late Middle English Latin neutrālis grammatically neuter. See neuter, -al¹

Examples for neutral

But he guessed that the neutral wouldn't even have to lie very much.

A key principle of Wikipedia was that articles should have a neutral point of view.

Labordette had arranged this interview with him on neutral ground.

And there is a neutral state which is neither pleasure nor pain?

A neutral was this good woman, and a well-wisher to each faction.

Putin preys on the fact that the West thinks money and sport are neutral, or at least civilizing influences.

Like African-American civil rights leaders, they have made not just a neutral case but a positive moral case for equality.

The winter can be so drab—all greys, blacks, and neutral tones.

The U.N. agency that runs schools and hospitals in Gaza is supposed to be neutral.

When I came to I put all the controls in neutral and came looking for you.