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necro

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkɹəʊ/
  • General-American: /ˈnɛkɹoʊ/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Necromancer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Qualifier: video game and card game slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make a new post to a forum discussion that has been dormant for a long time, making the thread visible in the list of active topics; to bump.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • Sorry to necro a comment from three years ago, but ...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: necropost, necro-bump

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To practice necromancy; to bring back from the dead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, slang

Topics: card-games, games, video-games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Clipping of necromancy.