Synonyms for neighbor
neigh·bor

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1. neighbor, neighbournoun

   a person who lives (or is located) near another

   Synonyms:
   neighbour

2. neighbor, neighbourverb

   a nearby object of the same kind

   "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?"

   Synonyms:
   neighbour

3. neighbor, neighbourverb

   live or be located as a neighbor

   "the neighboring house"

   Synonyms:
   neighbour

4. neighbor, neighbourverb

   be located near or adjacent to

   "Pakistan neighbors India"

   Synonyms:
   neighbour

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1. • Adjoin
   • Dwell
   • Person

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1. List of paraphrases for "neighbor":

   neighbour, neighbouring, voisin, neighbors, neighbours, neighboring, nachbar, nearby

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How to use neighbor in a sentence?

1. Aleister Crowley:

   The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes far to account for religious intolerance. It is evidently consoling to reflect that the people next door are headed for hell.

2. Rashida Bee:

   We had no idea what had happened until our neighbor came and told us to leave because of the gas leak.

3. Carl Jung:

   If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.

4. Jerri Kelly:

   They spent a good five minutes goofing off and screwing around in [ the neighbor's ] driveway and up around their house. That's not selling cards.

5. Publilius Syrus:

   It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.