'Never' definitions:
Definition of 'never'
From: WordNet
adverb
Not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never marry you!" [syn: never, ne'er] [ant: always, e'er, ever]
adverb
Not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; "never fear"; "bringing up children is never easy"; "that will never do"; "what is morally wrong can never be politically right"
Definition of 'Never'
From: GCIDE
- Never \Nev"er\ (n[e^]v"[~e]r), adv. [AS. n[=ae]fre; ne not, no + [=ae]fre ever.]
- 1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Death still draws nearer, never seeming near. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In no degree; not in the least; not. [1913 Webster]
- Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the worse. --South. [1913 Webster]
- And he answered him to never a word. --Matt. xxvii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Never is much used in composition with present participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing, never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing, etc., retaining its usual signification. [1913 Webster]
- Never a deal, not a bit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
- Never so, as never before; more than at any other time, or in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; -- now often expressed or replaced by ever so.
- Ask me never so much dower and gift. --Gen. xxxiv. 12.
- A fear of battery, . . . though never so well grounded, is no duress. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'never'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- at no hand,
- at no time,
- au contraire,
- by no means,
- far from it,
- God forbid,
- in no case,
- in no respect,
- in no way,
- in no wise,
- never on earth,
- nevermore,
- no matter what,
- nohow,
- not,
- not a bit,
- not a jot,
- not a speck,
- not a whit,
- not an iota,
- not at all,
- not ever,
- not much,
- not nearly,
- noway,
- noways,
- nowhere near,
- nowise,
- on no account,
- on no condition,
- on no occasion,
- quite the contrary,
- to the contrary,
- under no circumstances