Synonyms 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.

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

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

   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"

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

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, preceding(a), distant

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

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1. after that

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. nextadjective

   Synonyms:
   nearest

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "next":

   coming, forthcoming, upcoming, following, future, follows, near, subsequent, incoming, ahead, then, below, impending, foreseeable, close, after

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1. Reilly Smith:

   A lot of frustration when you come out in a playoff game like that, everyone’s pretty upset about it, and the best thing you can do is try to learn from it and make your next shift your best.

2. Andy Finton:

   I know it's alive and it's still relatively healthy ; and if this year isn't its year, then next year hopefully will be, our trees and forests are very inherently resilient.

3. Lucia Savage:

   That could be the next phase.

4. Walter Mutai:

   We might be next, these people, they can target anywhere.

5. Jennifer Trosper:

   Over the next several months, Perseverance will be exploring a 1.5-square-mile( 4-square-kilometer) patch of crater floor. It is from this location that the first samples from another planet will be collected for return to Earth by a future mission.