neuter C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈnutɚ/ UK /ˈnjuːtə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj neither masculine nor feminine in grammatical gender; to castrate or spay In German, the word for child is grammatically neuter. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · neither masculine nor... castratespaygeldsterilizedesexfixsexlessasexual ↔ Opposites masculinefeminine Word family Derived forms neuteredneutering Related forms neutralneutralizeneutron Etymology AI details From Latin neuter ('neither'), from ne- ('not') + uter ('either of two'); the grammatical and biological senses both derive from 'neither one nor the other'. neuter Latin uter Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # neuter **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈnutɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈnjuːtə/ ## Meanings 1. neither masculine nor feminine in grammatical gender; to castrate or spay ## Examples - In German, the word for child is grammatically neuter. ## Synonyms - castrate - spay - geld - sterilize - desex - fix - sexless - asexual ## Antonyms - masculine - feminine ## Derived Forms - neutered - neutering ## Related Forms - neutral - neutralize - neutron ## Roots and Affixes - Root: neuter - Root: uter ## Etymology From Latin neuter ('neither'), from ne- ('not') + uter ('either of two'); the grammatical and biological senses both derive from 'neither one nor the other'. ## AI Etymology Neuter comes from Latin neuter ('neither'), from ne- ('not') + uter ('either of two'); the grammatical and biological senses both derive from 'neither one nor the other'. The etymological trail includes Latin neuter and Latin uter. As an adjective, neuter means neither masculine nor feminine in grammatical gender; to castrate or spay. The same family is visible in derived forms such as neutered and neutering and related forms such as neutral, neutralize, and neutron. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown