Antonyms for NEXT
nɛkstnext

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1. nextadjective

   Antonyms:
   previously, previous

2. nextadverb

   The one that follows after this one.

   Next, please, don't hold up the queue!

   Antonyms:
   previous, previously

3. nextadjective

   Being closer to the present location than all other items.

   The party is next Tuesday; that is, not this Tuesday, but nine days from now.

   Antonyms:
   previously, previous

4. nextadjective

   The next week is full.

   Antonyms:
   previous

5. nextadjective

   Antonyms:
   last, this

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. next

   Adjacent farms may not be connected; if adjoining, they meet at the boundary-line. Conterminous would imply that their dimensions were exactly equal on the side where they adjoin. Contiguous may be used for either adjacent or adjoining. Abutting refers rather to the end of one building or estate than to the neighborhood of another. Buildings may be adjacent or adjoining that are not attached. Near is a relative word, places being called near upon the railroad which would elsewhere be deemed remote. Neighboring always implies such proximity that the inhabitants may be neighbors. Next views some object as the nearest of several or many; next neighbor implies a neighborhood.

   Antonyms:
   detached, disconnected, disjoined, distant, remote, separate

   Synonyms:
   abutting, adjacent, adjoining, attached, beside, bordering, close, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, near, neighboring, nigh

   Preposition:
   The farm was adjacent to the village.

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1. following, nextadjective

   immediately following in time or order

   "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, preceding(a), distant

   Synonyms:
   side by side(p), next, undermentioned, following, succeeding(a), following(a), future(a), adjacent

2. adjacent, next, side by side(p)adjective

   nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

   "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, preceding(a), distant

3. future(a), next, succeeding(a)adverb

   (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

   "our next president"

   Antonyms:
   preceding(a), distant, outgoing

4. nextadverb

   at the time or occasion immediately following

   "next the doctor examined his back"

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, preceding(a), distant

How to use NEXT in a sentence?

1. David Boboltz:

   These first images are just the beginning, over the next six months, the Inouye telescope's team of scientists, engineers and technicians will continue testing and commissioning The Inouye Solar Telescope to make The Inouye Solar Telescope ready for use by the international solar scientific community. The Inouye Solar Telescope will collect more information about our Sun during the first five years of The Inouye Solar Telescope lifetime than all the solar data gathered since Galileo first pointed a telescope at the Sun in 1612.

2. Keith Richards:

   Hopefully...we'll never give up. They'll have to shovel us in the grave. We feel like we're still evolving and I think you have to feel that way, every show that you do, you say the next one is going to be a little bit better.

3. Olafur Eliasson:

   One of the main sources of inspiration was for me my childhood in Iceland where the harbor,... where I spent a lot of time as my father was a sailor, sometimes filled up with boats so you could cross the harbor by going from one deck to the next.

4. Justin Fields:

   I really just like the way he carries himself, just his demeanor, I feel like his presence — he’s confident when he talks, he knows what he wants to do, he has a plan set in stone, and I ’m just ready to lead with him and just get ready for next year.

5. Eddie Fatakhov:

   Because of our high water content, it makes sense that our bodies need water to keep our systems functioning. So the next time you hit that afternoon slump, drink a glass of water to increase your energy levels, think about it like this : I tell you to drink water, and you drink water. Your body has to convert that water back to your body temperature. So if you drink cold water, your body has to turn it back to body temperature.

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