Synonyms for neighboring


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ney-ber-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈneɪ bər ɪŋ


Définition of neighboring

Origin :
  • Old English neahgebur (West Saxon), nehebur (Anglian) "neighbor," from neah "near" (see nigh) + gebur "dweller," related to bur "dwelling" (see bower). Common Germanic compound (cf. Old Saxon nabur, Middle Dutch naghebuur, Dutch (na)bur, Old High German nahgibur, Middle High German nachgebur, German Nachbar). Good neighbor policy attested by 1937, but good neighbor with reference to U.S. policy toward Latin America was used by 1928 by Herbert Hoover.
  • adj adjacent
Example sentences :
  • At this moment, the note of a bird sounded from the branch of a neighboring tree.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Jethro was a little older than she, the son of a minister in a neighboring town.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • He found employment in the village and among the neighboring farmers.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Whenever our country was at war with neighboring states, I refused no service.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • At length he discovered him on a neighboring roof, two houses off.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • On all the neighboring roofs were villains mocking and tormenting him.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • But in a neighboring field she thought she found them again.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • Ambroise and Andree, you see, are like a royal couple from a neighboring kingdom.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • We passed the neighboring house, but as soon as we emerged into the street a cry escaped us.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • What are Olympiads and Consulates to these neighboring systems of being?
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Antonyms for neighboring

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