Synonyms for next
- adjective
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Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. After
2. Adjacent
Definitions
- adj. 1
Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
I live in the next house to the Grand Hotel.
- adj. 2
Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
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Next views some object as the nearest of several or many; next neighbor implies a neighborhood.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- after After the meeting she headed straight to her desk.
- coming The chill of coming winter discouraged our picnic.
- future There will be an energy crisis in the near future.
- succeeding Mr Smith was announced as the succeeding chairman.
- then Women, then, are only children of a larger growth.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| next | rising | |
| after | steady | |
| coming | rising | |
| future | steady | |
| succeeding | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- then1
- 5 letters
- after2
- 6 letters
- coming2, future2
- 8 letters
- adjacent3
- 9 letters
- following3, immediate4, proximate3
- 10 letters
- subsequent3, succeeding3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (after2 = 2 syllables).