Nay

Adverb

 * 1)  no.

Derived terms

 * nay-say
 * naysayer

Conjunction

 * 1) or even, or more like, or should I say. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
 * 2) * His face was dirty, nay filthy.
 * 3) * 1748. David Hume.  Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.  § 18.
 * And even in our wildest and most wandering reveries, nay in our very dreams, we shall find, if we reflect, that the imagination ran not altogether at adventures,

Noun

 * 1) A vote against.
 * I vote nay, even though the motion is popular, because I would rather be right than popular.
 * 1) A person who voted against.
 * The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed, the nays have it.

Thesaurus
Australian ballot, Hare system, No, abnegation, au contraire, aye, ballot, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, certainly not, con, contradiction, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, declension, declination, declinature, declining, denial, deprivation, disagreement, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, disobedience, dissent, division, enfranchisement, fagot vote, far from it, franchise, graveyard vote, hand vote, holding back, indeed, interest, list system, naysaying, negation, negative, negative answer, negative attitude, negativeness, negativism, negativity, nein, nit, nix, no, no such thing, non, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, nonobservance, nontransferable vote, nope, not, not a bit, not a jot, not a whit, not really, not so, nyet, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plumper, plural vote, poll, polling, preferential voting, pro, proportional representation, proxy, quite the contrary, recantation, record vote, referendum, refusal, rejection, representation, repudiation, retention, right to vote, rising vote, say, secret ballot, show of hands, side, single vote, snap vote, straw vote, suffrage, the affirmative, the negative, thumbs-down, to the contrary, transferable vote, truly, turndown, unwillingness, verily, viva voce, voice, voice vote, vote, voting, voting right, withholding, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes

Etymology
From nai:, nei:, from  nei:, contraction of ne: + ei:. More at no.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: nee, neigh
 * Homophones: nee, neigh
 * Homophones: nee, neigh

Conjunction

 * French: ou plutôt


 * Portuguese:
 * Vietnamese: nói đúng hơn

Anagrams

 * any
 * Ayn, AYN
 * NYA
 * yan