CNS
CNS can refer to:
- Cybercast News Service
- China News Service
- Cairns International Airport (IATA code CNS)
- "Communication, navigation, surveillance", often associated with air traffic management as CNS/ATM
- Color naming system
- Clinical nurse specialist
- Central nervous system, consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
- Coagulase-negative staphylococcus, a term to describe all staphylococcus species that are not staphylococcus aureus
- Cartoon Network Studios
- Cell, Nature, and Science (CNS), an acronym used to describe the three most prestigious scientific journals involved in biomedical research.