Word.ws English Dictionary

nepo

US/ˈnɛp.oʊ/

nepo is the clipping of nepotism.

Meaning of nepotism

Noun

nepotism (countable and uncountable, plural nepotisms)

  1. The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
    • Nepotism can get you very far in the world if you've got the right connections.
    Antonyms:
    meritocracy

Origin of nepo

Clipping of nepotism, probably after nepo baby.

Words formed from nepo

Phrases with nepo

Questions about nepo

What is nepo the clipping of?
Nepo is the clipping of nepotism.
How do you pronounce nepo?
Nepo is pronounced /ˈnɛp.oʊ/ (US).

Words near nepo in the dictionary

  1. nepitella
  2. nepitrin
  3. nepits
  4. nepman
  5. nepmen
  6. nepo
  7. nepo babies
  8. nepo baby
  9. nepo friend
  10. nepo friends
  11. nepocide

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nepo (page history and authors); nepotism (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “nepo.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/nepo. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.