Synonyms

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newsman, n. journalist, newspaperman, Brit, pressman, Archaic, gazetteer, gentleman or representative of the press, member of the fourth estate; reporter, Journalism, leg man, district man, newshound, news-hen, Inf. newshawk, newsmonger; correspondent, contributor, stringer, paragrapher, Brit, paragraphist; columnist, sob sister, gossip columnist, scandalmonger, dirt-dealer; critic, reviewer; editor, editorialist, Brit, leader writer; newswriter; flack, hack, blurb writer, penny-a-liner; copyeditor, slot man, copy-reader, rim man, copywriter, rewrite man, rewriter; newscaster, broadcaster, Brit, newsreader, anchorman, commentator.

newsmonger, n. gossip, gossipmonger, rumor-monger, scandalmonger, dirt-dealer, Inf. hatchet man; busybody, quidnunc, SI. yenta; talebearer, telltale, tattler, tattletale, tittle-tattler.

newspaper, n. tabloid, Inf. tab, paper, news, ga zette, sheet, yellow sheet, scandal sheet, Inf., Derog. rag; journal, periodical, publication, organ, house organ; daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly; extra, extra edition, special, special edition.

next, adj. 1. following, ensuing, succeeding, successive, sequential, subsequent, later, after; consequent, attendant, resulting, latter.
2. adjacent, neighboring, bordering, contiguous, adjoining; closest, nearest, nearby, proximate. -adv. 3. subsequently, at a subsequent time, later, at a later time, afterward, after, following, successively, sequentially; thereafter, after that time, whereafter, from that time, hereon, since.

-prep. 4. Usu.

next to beside, by or at the side of, Dial, aside of, by, at one's elbow; alongside, side by side, abreast, cheek by jowl, adjacent to, in juxtaposition with, next door to; near to, close to, Brit. Dial, near-hand, close at hand, nearby, close by; but a step from, on the edge of, bordering upon.

nib, n. 1. bill, beak, pecker, neb.
2. tip, point, end; penpoint; peak, apex, vertex, summit, top, tiptop, extremity.

nibble, v. pick at, pick over, peck at, take small bites, eat; snack, nosh, munch, eat between meals, SI. cheat.

nice, adj. 1. agreeable, pleasant, winning, winsome, taking, delightful, attractive, likable; cheering, cheerful, amusing, humorous; amiable, friendly, cordial, genial, congenial; charming, gracious, generous, warm-hearted, sympathetic, understanding, compassionate; good, kind, kindly, kindly-disposed, benignant, benevolent, charitable.
2. gratifying, pleasing, pleasurable, to one's taste, satisfying, satisfactory, good, enjoyable, pleasure-giving; smooth, rich, tender, soft, comfortable, comforting, cozy, warm, homey; piquant, sweet, appetizing, delectable, savory, toothsome, succulent, mouth-watering, Inf. scrumptious, Inf. tasty.
3. refined, of good taste, elegant, proper, right, correct; appropriate, suitable, seemly, fitting, right and proper, as it should be; in the best taste, tasteful, in good taste; cultured, civilized, cultivated, polished, sophisticated, finished; elegant, genteel, decent, decorous, respectable; virtuous, chaste.
4. precise, accurate, exact, strict, close, detailed; subtle, fine, minute; specific, clear-cut, clean-cut, well-defined; true, direct, unerring, definite, positive, sure, express, faithful, Inf. sure-enough. Inf. dead on, Inf. straight-up-and-down; mathematically exact, pinpoint; faultless, flawless, perfect, letter-perfect.
5. scrupulous, meticulous, careful, painstaking, methodical; particular, discriminating, choosy, perfec-tionistic; distinguishing, differential, selective, perceptive, perspicacious, astute, wise, judicious, sage, sapient; penetrating, acute, critical, ticklish; attentive, heedful, assiduous, discriminative, discriminatory, discretionary, discretional, discreet, keen, discerning, percipient, differentiating.
6. fastidious, delicate, fine, excellent, exquisite, dainty, graceful; overrefined, overfastidious, overparticular, overscrupulous, punctilious, oversubtle, overnice, oversensitive, squeamish, queasy; hairsplitting, Inf. persnickety, Inf. pernickety; niggling, exacting, demanding, difficult, finicky, finical, overcritical, hypercritical, difficult, hard to please, fussy, Inf picayune, Inf fussbudgety; prudish, priggish, puritanical.