Thesaurus: neighbor

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1. n. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.
2. n. One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
3. n. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.
4. a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.
5. v. t. To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to.
6. v. t. To associate intimately with.
7. v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near.
8. n. a person who lives (or is located) near another
9. n. a nearby object of the same kind
10. v. live or be located as a neighbor
11. v. be located near or adjacent to
12. 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak. 2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. Shak. 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. "The neighbor cities." Jer. l. 40. "The neighbor room." Shak. 1. To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to. Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys. 2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] Shak. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.] A copse that neighbors by. Shak.