Synonyms for neighbor
- noun
- American English
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
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.
My neighbour has two noisy cats.
Related words
- Word family
- neighborhood neighboring neighbourlike neighborliness neighborly neighborship
- Other spellings
- neighbour UK
Forms
- Plural
- neighbors → fellows, bydwellers…
Example sentences
- fellow You must not keep company with such a mean fellow.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| neighbor | rising | |
| fellow | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- fellow2
- 9 letters
- bydweller
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fellow2 = 2 syllables).