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diff --git a/Sources/Nimble/Matchers/Negation.swift b/Sources/Nimble/Matchers/Negation.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f82fd174c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Nimble/Matchers/Negation.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/// A matcher that negates the passed in matcher
+///
+/// - Note: If the passed-in matcher unconditionally fails, then `not` also unconditionally fails.
+public func not<T>(_ matcher: Matcher<T>) -> Matcher<T> {
+    Matcher { actualExpression in
+        negateMatcherResult(
+            try matcher.satisfies(actualExpression)
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// A matcher that negates the passed in matcher
+///
+/// - Note: If the passed-in matcher unconditionally fails, then `not` also unconditionally fails.
+public func not<T>(_ matcher: AsyncMatcher<T>) -> AsyncMatcher<T> {
+    AsyncMatcher { actualExpression in
+        negateMatcherResult(
+            try await matcher.satisfies(actualExpression)
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+private func negateMatcherResult(_ matcherResult: MatcherResult) -> MatcherResult {
+    let status: MatcherStatus
+    switch matcherResult.status {
+    case .matches:
+        status = .doesNotMatch
+    case .doesNotMatch:
+        status = .matches
+    case .fail:
+        status = .fail
+    }
+    return MatcherResult(
+        status: status,
+        message: matcherResult.message.prepended(expectation: "not ")
+    )
+}
diff --git a/Tests/NimbleTests/Matchers/NegationTest.swift b/Tests/NimbleTests/Matchers/NegationTest.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a05ea7fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/NimbleTests/Matchers/NegationTest.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import XCTest
+import Nimble
+#if SWIFT_PACKAGE
+import NimbleSharedTestHelpers
+#endif
+
+final class NegationTest: XCTestCase {
+    func testSyncNil() {
+        expect(nil as Int?).toNot(not(beNil()))
+
+        failsWithErrorMessage("expected to not be nil, got <nil>") {
+            expect(nil as Int?).to(not(beNil()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    func testSyncNonNil() {
+        expect(1).to(not(equal(2)))
+
+        failsWithErrorMessage("expected to not equal <2>, got <2>") {
+            expect(2).to(not(equal(2)))
+        }
+    }
+
+    func testAsyncNil() async {
+        @Sendable func nilFunc() async -> Int? {
+            nil
+        }
+
+        await expect(nilFunc).toNot(not(beNil()))
+
+        await failsWithErrorMessage("expected to not be nil, got <nil>") {
+            await expect(nilFunc).to(not(beNil()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    func testAsyncNonNil() async {
+        await expect(1).to(not(asyncEqual(2)))
+
+        await failsWithErrorMessage("expected to not equal <2>, got <2>") {
+            await expect(2).to(not(asyncEqual(2)))
+        }
+    }
+}