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nm

nm is the initialism of never mind.

nm is the initialism of not much or nothing much.

nm is the initialism of no message.

Meaning of never mind

Verb

never mind

  1. (hortative) It is not important; do not fret; used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said.
    • I'm afraid I’ve broken your mug. — Never mind, it was old and I was going to throw it away.
  2. (hortative) Do not be concerned (about someone or something, or about doing something).
    • Never mind about me — you go and I’ll join you later.
    Synonyms:
    pay someone no mind
  3. (hortative) Indicates a withdrawal or retractment of a previous statement.
    • You're a fool. — What did you call me? — Never mind.
    Synonyms:
    belay my last
  4. (idiomatic) Let alone; much less.
    • They wouldn't go near that place, never mind spending an entire day there.

Proper noun capitalized: NM

NM

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of New Mexico: a state of the United States.

Adjective capitalized: NM

NM (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of not meaningful.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of near mint.

Noun (1) capitalized: NM

NM (plural NMs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nautical mile.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of no-mark.

Verb capitalized: NM

NM (third-person singular simple present NMs, present participle NMing, simple past and past participle NMed)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of no-mark.

Noun (2) capitalized: Nm

Nm (plural Nms)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of nautical mile.

Synonyms of nm

Forms of nm

Noun
pluralNMs
pluralNms
Verb
third-person singular presentNMs
present participleNMing
past participleNMed
pastNMed

Questions about nm

What is nm the initialism of?
Nm is the initialism of never mind.
What part of speech is nm?
Nm can be a proper noun, an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near nm in the dictionary

  1. NLT
  2. NLTD
  3. NLU
  4. NLV
  5. NLVs
  6. nm
  7. NMA
  8. NMAAHC
  9. NMACC
  10. NMAs
  11. NMB

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nm (page history and authors); NM (page history and authors); Nm (page history and authors); never mind (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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