navel string. funis, umbilical [cord].
navigate, v. [sail], cruise; [guide], [steer], [direct]; circumnavigate
near, a. nigh, [close], [adjacent], [neighboring], contiguous, proximate, approximate to; intimate, confidential, bosom; immediate, imminent, [impending], forthcoming. Antonyms: [distant], [remote], [far].
nearness, n. [closeness], proximity, propinquity, contiguity, adjacency, imminence, approximation, approxi-mateness intimacy, [familiarity].
near-sighted, a. myopic, [short-sighted], purblind.
near-sightedness, n. myopia.
near-sighted person. myope.
neat, a. [tidy], [orderly], [trim], [clean], cleanly; [tasteful], [trim], finished, artistic, [nice], [excellent], adroit; [dainty]; [spruce]; [dapper], [natty]. Antonyms: [dowdy], [slovenly], [slatternly], [untidy], [tawdry], [gaudy], [frowzy], [disorderly], unkempt.
necessary, a. [requisite], [essential], needed, [needful], indispensable inevitable, [unavoidable]. Antonyms: nonessential, [unnecessary], [optional], [discretional], [casual], [needless].
necessary, n. [requisite], [requirement], [essential], sine qua non.