NEIGHBOUR

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?”

neighbor, neighbour

(noun) a person who lives (or is located) near another

neighbor, neighbour

(verb) be located near or adjacent to; “Pakistan neighbors India”

neighbor, neighbour

(verb) live or be located as a neighbor; “the neighboring house”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

neighbour (plural neighbours) (British spelling)

A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

One who is near in sympathy or confidence.

(biblical) A fellow human being.

Synonyms

• bydweller

• (Christian sense): fellow human being, fellow, fellow man

Antonyms

• (biblical): stranger, foreigner

Verb

neighbour (third-person singular simple present neighbours, present participle neighbouring, simple past and past participle neighboured) (British spelling)

(transitive) To be adjacent to

(intransitive, followed by "on"; figurative) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.

To associate intimately with; to be close to.

Usage notes

• The verb meaning "to be adjacent to" is most frequently encountered in its participle form: neighbouring.

Source: Wiktionary

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