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nimbys

nimbys is the plural of nimby.

Meaning of nimby

Noun

nimby (plural nimbies or nimbys)

  1. (derogatory, usually) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
    • politically correct green (as in vegetation) nimbies (may object to nuclear power plants, polluting factories, etc.)

See all 6 meanings of nimby

Noun capitalized: NIMBYs

NIMBYs

  1. (plural) plural of NIMBY

Questions about nimbys

What is nimbys the plural of?
Nimbys is the plural of nimby.
What part of speech is nimbys?
Nimbys is a noun.

Words near nimbys in the dictionary

  1. nimbyish
  2. nimbyism
  3. nimbyisms
  4. nimbyist
  5. nimbyists
  6. nimbys
  7. NIMC
  8. NIMCRUT
  9. NIMCRUTs
  10. nimesulide
  11. nimetazepam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nimbys (page history and authors); NIMBYs (page history and authors); nimby (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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