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ns

ns is the plural of n.

Meaning of n

Noun

n

  1. normal
  2. (gender-neutral) Neutral
  3. No

See all 7 meanings of n

Proper noun capitalized: NS

NS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Nova Scotia: a province of Canada.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of New Style (of dates).
    Antonyms:
    OS
  3. (Internet, abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of Netscape.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Noble Sanctuary.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Norfolk Southern (Railroad).
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (“Dutch Railways”).
  7. (Malaysia, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Negeri Sembilan: a state of Malaysia.
    Synonyms:
    N9

Noun (1) capitalized: NS

NS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nervous system.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nuclear ship, a nuclear-powered ship.
    Synonyms:
    N/S, N.S., N. S.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of native speaker.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of neutron star.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of neutral spirit (“alcohol”).
  6. (Ireland, abbreviation, initialism, usually) Initialism of National School.
  7. (abbreviation, informal, initialism) Initialism of NATO state.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of no show.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of namespace.
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Nintendo Switch.
  11. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of National Socialism.
  12. (Singapore, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of national service.
  13. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of name server.

Adjective capitalized: NS

NS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of negative-strand.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of National Socialist.

Interjection capitalized: NS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, first-person shooters) Initialism of nice shot.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of no smoking.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of note script/scriptum.

Symbol capitalized: Ns

Ns

  1. Nimbostratus.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ns

Ns

  1. (plural) plural of N

Synonyms of ns

Antonyms

Forms of ns

alternative formN.S.

Words formed from ns

  • NNS
  • NS RNA virus

Questions about ns

What does ns mean?
Ns means nimbostratus.
What is ns the plural of?
Ns is the plural of n.
What part of speech is ns?
Ns can be a proper noun, a noun, an adjective or an interjection.

Words near ns in the dictionary

  1. nruling
  2. nrulings
  3. NRVO
  4. NRW
  5. NRx
  6. ns
  7. NSA
  8. NSAG
  9. NSAGs
  10. NSAID
  11. NSAIDs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ns (page history and authors); NS (page history and authors); Ns (page history and authors); n (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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