neither

UK /ˈnaɪ.ðə/ US /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/

conj 2det 1pron 1adv 1

Definitions

det

Not one of two; not either; not one or the other.

Neither definition seems correct.

She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;[…].

conj

Not either (used with nor).

Neither you nor I likes it.

For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […]

pron

Not either one of two.

I’ve tried on both shirts, but neither fits properly.

Her words of advice will help neither of us.

Collocations

ADJ.

able, bad, complicated, correct, correct, evil, genuine, good

The two solutions were neither correct nor practical for our situation.

VERB + NEITHER

document, eyes, handle, help, insisting, knew, like, say

She knew neither his real name nor where he had gone after that night.

NEITHER + NOUN

buddha, definition, folk, god, goods, less, son, team

Neither goods nor services were included in the final contract agreement.

PREP.

since

I haven't seen him since neither of us graduated from high school ten years ago.

ADV.

away, properly

She neither properly explained her reasons nor apologized for the mistake.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

neither here nor there

Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.

The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter.

neither fish nor fowl

Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.

Besides, I know I should hate being there without you; I'm a great old thing, as Jasper says, neither fish nor fowl, you know, not come out, and not a little girl in the schoolroom

neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”).

The work of Ude is intended for the higher ranks, and for people of fortune. We conceive the book and the cook to have been overrated. It is neither French nor English — neither fi

neither a borrower nor a lender be

It is not good to borrow money from anybody, lest you will lose their trust and friendship.

common sense is neither common nor sensical

Many assumptions that people make through intuition, popular culture, or 'common sense' turn out to be incorrect.

In fact, much of what we call common sense is neither common, nor sensical. We use the hindsight bias to pretend facts which come to us were apparent all along. As a result we rob

Example Bank

Neither definition seems correct.

Wiktionary

She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;[…].

Wiktionary

Neither you nor I likes it.

Wiktionary

I’ve tried on both shirts, but neither fits properly.

Wiktionary

Her words of advice will help neither of us.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, neither is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

Your note

not saved

0 chars