Definitions
be located near or adjacent to
Word origin
From Middle English neahhebur, neighebor, neighbour, neihebur, nehhebur, neyburwe, neyebore, neyghebour, neypur, neȝbore, neȝhbor, neȝȝebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), from *nēhwaz (“close, near”) + *gabūrô (“dweller”). Equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”).
Used in a sentence
“My neighbour has two noisy cats.”
“They′re our neighbours across the street.”
“Undine at length shrank back with an unrecognizing face; but her movement made her opera-glass slip to the floor, and her neighbour bent down and picked it up.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Person next door”9 letters
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