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nt

nt is the alternative form of n/t.

nt is the abbreviation of neurotypical.

Meaning of n/t

Noun

n/t

  1. (Internet, initialism) no text; used as the body of a forum message where the title contains all that the poster wishes to say

Meaning of neurotypical

Noun

neurotypical (plural neurotypicals)

  1. One who is neurotypical.
    • Well, let's face it, neurotypicals don't have the same focus you or I have. They always get distracted, by marriage, kids, competitive cooking shows.2013 February 21, “Conventions of Space and Time”, in Community, season 4, episode 3 (Television), spoken by Toby (Matt Lucas)

See all 3 meanings of neurotypical

Proper noun capitalized: NT

NT

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of the Northern Territory: a territory of Australia.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of the Northwest Territories: a territory of Canada.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (of the United Kingdom).
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of New Testament.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of New Territories (of Hong Kong).
    • Holonyms: HK (region), HKSAR
  6. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Windows NT.
  7. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Nortel.
  8. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of East Nusa Tenggara: a province of Indonesia.

Noun capitalized: NT

NT (plural NTs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of neighbor tone.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of neurotensin.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of neurotypical.
    • This was brought home to me, an NT, when I asked an autistic E-mail correspondent, who is mordantly expressive on line, what it would be like to meet.1997 June 30, Harvey Blume, “Autistics, freed from face-to-face encounters, are communicating in cyberspace.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of nanotube.
  5. (Ireland, abbreviation, dated, initialism, chiefly post-nominal) Initialism of national-school teacher
    • The departure of Mr Thomas Butler N. T. to take up an appointment as principal teacher in Cushinstown National School in succession to Mr M. Murphy N. T. who has retired on pension, has caused general regret in Tullicanna where he has been teaching for some years past.1941 January 7, “Forth and Bargy notes”, in Wexford People
    • The death has occurred of Mary Corr NT (née Sherry) Goatstown, Dublin[.] Former teacher at Holy Cross School, Dundrum.2024 March 7, “Death notices: Mary Corr NT”, in RIP.ie

Phrase capitalized: NT

NT

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nice try.

Forms of nt

pluralNTs

Words formed from nt

Phrases with nt

Questions about nt

What is nt the alternative form of?
Nt is the alternative form of n/t.
What part of speech is nt?
Nt can be a proper noun, a noun or a phrase.

Words near nt in the dictionary

  1. NSWDG
  2. NSWR
  3. NSWRs
  4. nsyilxcən
  5. NSYNCer
  6. nt
  7. NT scan
  8. NT scans
  9. nt. wt.
  10. NTA
  11. NTACMS

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nt (page history and authors); NT (page history and authors); n/t (page history and authors); neurotypical (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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