neal
/niːl/
neal verb: to temper by heat.
Verb
neal (third-person singular simple present neals, present participle nealing, simple past and past participle nealed)
Proper noun capitalized: Neal
Neal
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Niall.
- A male given name from Irish, transferred from the surname.
- A male given name, variant of Neil.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Greenwood County, Kansas.
- A hamlet in Boyd County, Kentucky, opposite Neal, West Virginia.
- A ghost town in Long Lake Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
Forms of neal
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | neals |
| present participle | nealing |
| past participle | nealed |
| past | nealed |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Neals |
Origin of neal
See anneal.
Words formed from neal
Words that rhyme with neal
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- anneal
- creel
- peal
- peel
- sweal
- congeal
- Izmail
- kneel
- meal
- Neale
- streal
- weal
- awheel
- Castile
- cochineal
- feal
- heal
- Lille
- ordeal
- repeal
- sele
- squeal
- teal
- zeal
- ceil
- debile
- dishabille
- hele
- leal
- lifesteal
- Neil
- Niel
- O'Neill
- reveal
- schlemiel
- seel
- she'll
- shiel
- skeel
- spiel
- square meal
- unseal
- veal
- we'll
- weel
- ye'll
- -meal
- allele
Questions about neal
- What does neal mean?
- Neal means to temper by heat.
- What part of speech is neal?
- Neal can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce neal?
- Neal is pronounced /niːl/.
- What is the past tense of neal?
- The past tense of neal is nealed.
Words near neal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: neal (page history and authors); Neal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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