neighbour
Person living nearby
A neighbour is someone who lives nearby—next door, down the street, in the same building.
The word extends to adjacent countries France and Germany are neighbours or anything positioned next to something else The café's neighbour is a bookshop.
To neighbour is to border or adjoin.
The figurative sense emphasizes shared community: Love thy neighbour.
Neighbourly describes friendly, helpful conduct toward those around you.
American English spells it neighbor.
Directly next to
- nearbyAt small distance
- next-doorImmediately beside one's home
- adjoiningSharing a border
- borderingSharing an edge with
contiguous · abutting · upstairs · downstairs · side-by-side · surrounding · vicinity · local
Boundary structure between properties
- yardLinear measure or grounds
- drivewayPrivate residential road
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
- lawnTended yard grass
mailbox · porch · sidewalk · cul-de-sac · subdivision · townhouse · apartment · duplex
Rural community inhabitant
inhabitant · parishioner · constituent · compatriot · countryman · settler · civic · association
Showing kindness, warmth
- welcomingReceiving others warmly
- hospitableFriendly toward guests
- cordialWarmly friendly manner
- amicablePeacefully cooperative in manner
sociable · warm · approachable · good-natured · considerate · courteous · chatty · helpful
One sharing living quarters
Giving useful aid
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
- dependableWorthy of trust
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
- caringShowing kind concern
generous · cooperative · solidarity · reciprocity · favour · house-sitting · pet-sitting · lending
adjacent
Directly next to
bordering · contiguous · abutting · upstairs · downstairs · side-by-side · surrounding · vicinity · local · close
fence
Boundary structure between properties
lawn · mailbox · porch · sidewalk · cul-de-sac · subdivision · townhouse · apartment · duplex · terrace
villager
Rural community inhabitant
denizen · inhabitant · parishioner · constituent · compatriot · countryman · settler · civic · association · potluck
friendly
Showing kindness, warmth
- welcomingReceiving others warmly
- hospitableFriendly toward guests
- cordialWarmly friendly manner
amicable · sociable · warm · approachable · good-natured · considerate · courteous · chatty · helpful · trustworthy
roommate
One sharing living quarters
helpful
Giving useful aid
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
- dependableWorthy of trust
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
caring · generous · cooperative · solidarity · reciprocity · favour · house-sitting · pet-sitting · lending
- Spelling Variantscolor, colour, favor, favour, honor
- villagersvillager, local, parishioner, townsfolk, resident
- British Englishaluminium, aubergine, behaviour, biscuit, bonnet
- spellingscolour, color, favour, favor, honour
- council housingtenant, tenants, housing benefit, housing office, right to buy
- Old Spellingsaether, connexion, magick, shew, shoppe
- next-door neighborPerson living immediately adjacent
- upscale neighborhoodProsperous residential district
- neighborhood schoolsInstitutions serving local students
- next door neighbors
- in the neighborhoodApproximately near; close
- good neighborConsiderate person living nearby
neighbor, neighborhood, neighboring, neighborly, neighbors, neighbored, neighbours, neighborliness, neighbourhood