neighbor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who lives (or is located) near another
    neighbour.
  2. noun a nearby object of the same kind
    neighbour.
    • Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas
    • what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?
  3. verb live or be located as a neighbor
    neighbour.
    • the neighboring house
  4. verb be located near or adjacent to
    neighbour.
    • Pakistan neighbors India

WordNet

Neigh"bor noun
Etymology
OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgebr; neáh nigh + gebr a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nahgibr. See Nigh, and Boor.
Definitions
  1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer.
    Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak.
  2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
    Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. Shak.
  3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.
    Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? Luke x. 36.
    The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South.
Neigh"bor adjective
Definitions
  1. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. "The neighbor cities." Jer. l. 40. "The neighbor room." Shak.
neigh"bor transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Neighbored ; present participle & verbal noun Neighboring
Definitions
  1. To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to.
    Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys.
  2. To associate intimately with. Obs. Shak.
Neigh"bor intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. Obs.
    A copse that neighbors by. Shak.

Webster 1913