neuter

English Thesaurus

1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	gender, grammatical gender,
definition	:	a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness (noun.communication)

2. remove the ovaries of (verb.body)

hypernym	:	desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex,
definition	:	make infertile (verb.body)

hyponym	:	defeminise, defeminize,
definition	:	remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) (verb.body)

3. having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs (adj.all)

similar	:	asexual, nonsexual,
definition	:	not having or involving sex (adj.all)

4. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (noun.communication)

derivation	:	alter, castrate, neuter, spay,
definition	:	remove the ovaries of (verb.body)

derivation	:	neuter,
definition	:	of grammatical gender (adj.all)

5. remove the ovaries of (verb.body)

derivation	:	castration,
definition	:	surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) (noun.act)

derivation	:	altering, fixing, neutering,
definition	:	the sterilization of an animal (noun.act)

derivation	:	spaying,
definition	:	neutering a female by removing the ovaries (noun.act)

derivation	:	neuter,
definition	:	a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (noun.communication)

6. of grammatical gender (adj.all)

antonym	:	masculine,
definition	:	of grammatical gender (adj.all)

antonym	:	feminine,
definition	:	of grammatical gender (adj.all)

derivation	:	neuter,
definition	:	a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (noun.communication)

7. having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs (adj.all)

derivation	:	asexuality, sexlessness,
definition	:	having no evident sex or sex organs (noun.attribute)

8. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (noun.communication)

derivation	:	alter, castrate, neuter, spay,
definition	:	remove the ovaries of (verb.body)

derivation	:	neuter,
definition	:	of grammatical gender (adj.all)

9. remove the ovaries of (verb.body)

derivation	:	castration,
definition	:	surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) (noun.act)

derivation	:	altering, fixing, neutering,
definition	:	the sterilization of an animal (noun.act)

derivation	:	spaying,
definition	:	neutering a female by removing the ovaries (noun.act)

derivation	:	neuter,
definition	:	a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (noun.communication)

10. of grammatical gender (adj.all)

antonym	:	masculine,
definition	:	of grammatical gender (adj.all)

antonym	:	feminine,
definition	:	of grammatical gender (adj.all)

derivation	:	neuter,
definition	:	a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) (noun.communication)

11. having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs (adj.all)

derivation	:	asexuality, sexlessness,
definition	:	having no evident sex or sex organs (noun.attribute)