next-door
1 of 2adjective
ˈneks(t)-ˈdȯr 
: located or living in the next building, house, apartment, or room
broadly : nearby, adjacent
next door
2 of 2adverb
: in or to the next building, house, apartment, or room
lives next door
broadly : in or at an adjacent place
Synonyms
Adjective
- close
- close-up
- immediate
- near
- nearby
- neighboring
- nigh
- proximate
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Example Sentences
Adverb He bought the house next door. I'll be staying in the room next door. Canada is right next door to the U.S.
Recent Examples on the Web
Curt Anderson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2022 An errant bomb destroyed the house next door killing its occupants. Baltimore Sun, 28 Aug. 2022 The money comes from 37 sources, including insurance companies, engineering firms and a luxury condominium building whose recent construction next door is suspected of contributing to structural damage of Champlain Towers South. Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 Seeing hits being produced by labels next door boosts motivation. Billboard Japan, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2022 But Harris hasn’t been able to eat or sleep since hearing the screams next door and learning her friend was dead. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022 If any microbial life was around at the time, it might have been flattened into these layers and preserved to this day—a thrilling prospect for the nosy aliens next door who are wondering whether life arose elsewhere in the solar system. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 6 July 2022 Anne Marie, the film’s ambitious girl next door, often plays it classic in shades of blue and black. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022 One Rummer in the Bohmann Park tract has a pantry that is six feet long while the pantry in the house next door stretches to 10 feet. oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2022 See More
Adverb
The settlement money comes from 37 sources, including insurance companies, engineering firms and a luxury condominium building whose recent construction next door is suspected of contributing to structural damage of Champlain Towers South. Curt Anderson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2022 An errant bomb destroyed the house next door killing its occupants. Baltimore Sun, 28 Aug. 2022 The money comes from 37 sources, including insurance companies, engineering firms and a luxury condominium building whose recent construction next door is suspected of contributing to structural damage of Champlain Towers South. Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 Seeing hits being produced by labels next door boosts motivation. Billboard Japan, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2022 But Harris hasn’t been able to eat or sleep since hearing the screams next door and learning her friend was dead. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022 If any microbial life was around at the time, it might have been flattened into these layers and preserved to this day—a thrilling prospect for the nosy aliens next door who are wondering whether life arose elsewhere in the solar system. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 6 July 2022 Anne Marie, the film’s ambitious girl next door, often plays it classic in shades of blue and black. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022 One Rummer in the Bohmann Park tract has a pantry that is six feet long while the pantry in the house next door stretches to 10 feet. oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1744, in the meaning defined above
Adverb
1579, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
next-door 1 of 2
adjective
ˈneks-ˈdȯr
: located in the next building, apartment, or room
She is my next-door neighbor.
next door
2 of 2adverb
: in or to the nearest building, apartment, or room
She lives next door.
next door to
phrase
as in next to
close to Though Brazil is next door to several other South American nations, its culture and language differ in many ways. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- next to
- around
- by
- beside
- about
- at
- across
- near
- along
- alongside
- toward
- nigh
- circa
- towards