Neuter

/ˈnjuːtə/

noun

  1. An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

  2. A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.

  3. (grammar) The neuter gender.

verb

  1. To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.

  2. To rid of sexuality.

  3. To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.

Synonyms: castrate, desex, doctor, fix, spay

adjective

  1. Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.

  2. (grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

    a neuter noun

  3. (grammar) Intransitive.

    a neuter verb

Synonyms: genderless, sexless, impartial, neutral, intransitive

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