'Neighbor' definitions:
Definition of 'neighbor'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who lives (or is located) near another [syn: neighbor, neighbour]
noun
A nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?" [syn: neighbor, neighbour]
verb
Live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" [syn: neighbor, neighbour]
verb
Be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" [syn: neighbor, neighbour]
Definition of 'Neighbor'
From: GCIDE
- Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[=a]"b[~e]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. ne['a]hgeb[=u]r; ne['a]h nigh + geb[=u]r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[=a]hgib[=u]r. See Nigh, and Boor.] [Spelt also neighbour.]
- 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. [1913 Webster]
- Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. [1913 Webster]
- Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? --Luke x. 36. [1913 Webster]
- The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Neighbor'
From: GCIDE
- Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. "The neighbor cities." --Jer. l. 40. "The neighbor room." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Neighbor'
From: GCIDE
- Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A copse that neighbors by. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'neighbor'
From: GCIDE
- neighbor \neigh"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neighbored; p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring.]
- 1. To adjoin; to border on; to be near to. [1913 Webster]
- Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'neighbor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abut,
- abut on,
- abutter,
- acquaintance,
- adjacent,
- adjoin,
- adjoiner,
- adjoining,
- advocate,
- alter ego,
- appose,
- backer,
- be contiguous,
- be in contact,
- best friend,
- border,
- border on,
- borderer,
- bordering,
- bosom friend,
- bring near,
- brother,
- butt,
- bystander,
- casual acquaintance,
- close acquaintance,
- close friend,
- communicate,
- confidant,
- confidante,
- conjoin,
- connect,
- connecting,
- conterminous,
- contiguous,
- coterminous,
- end to end,
- endways,
- endwise,
- face to face,
- familiar,
- favorer,
- fellow,
- fellow creature,
- fellowman,
- friend,
- immediate,
- immediate neighbor,
- inseparable friend,
- intimate,
- join,
- joined,
- juxtapose,
- juxtaposed,
- juxtaposit,
- juxtapositional,
- juxtapositive,
- lie by,
- line,
- looker-on,
- lover,
- march,
- neighborer,
- neighboring,
- next,
- onlooker,
- other self,
- partisan,
- pickup,
- put with,
- repository,
- stand by,
- supporter,
- sympathizer,
- tangent,
- touch,
- verge,
- verge upon,
- well-wisher