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Definitions for Ness

[1] a headland; promontory; cape.
[2] a native English suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; kindness; obligingness; preparedness.
[3] archaic a promontory or headland (capital as part of a name ) Orford Ness
[4] Loch Ness a lake in NW Scotland, in the Great Glen: said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster. Length: 36 km (22.5 miles). Depth: 229 m (754 ft)
[5] indicating state, condition, or quality, or an instance of one of these greatness ; selfishness ; meaninglessness ; a kindness

Words related to Ness

head, neck, point, mole, bill, jetty, peninsula, headland, finger, beak, tongue, arm, foreland, naze, ridge, spit, promontory, peak, bluff, strip

Words nearby Ness

nervy, nesbit, nescience, nesh, nesosilicate, ness, nesselrode, nessie, nessler's reagent, nesslerize, nessus

Origin of Ness

-nessMiddle English, Old English -nes, -nis, cognate with German -nis, Gothic -(n)assus; suffix orig. *-assus; -n- by false division of words with adj. and past participle stems ending in -n-; compare Old English efnes (later efen-nys ) evenness

Word origin for Ness

-nessOld English -nes, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic -nassus

Synonyms for Ness

arm, beak, bill, finger, foreland, head, headland, jetty, mole, naze, neck, peninsula, point, tongue, chersonese, jutty