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CIDE DICTIONARY
neighbor, n. [OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgeb; neáh nigh + geb a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nāhgib. See Nigh, and Boor.].
- A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]"Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors." [1913 Webster]
- One who is near in sympathy or confidence. [1913 Webster]"Buckingham
No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel." [1913 Webster] - One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. [1913 Webster]"Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?" [1913 Webster]"The gospel allows no such term as “stranger;” makes every man my neighbor." [1913 Webster]
neighbor, a.
Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. [1913 Webster]
neighbor, v. t.
- To adjoin; to border on; to be near to. [1913 Webster]"Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore." [1913 Webster]
- To associate intimately with. Shak. [1913 Webster]
neighbor, v. i.
To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [1913 Webster]
"A copse that neighbors by." [1913 Webster]
DEVIL DICTIONARY
neighbor
n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.THESAURUS
neighbor
abut, abut on, abutter, acquaintance, adjacent, adjoin, adjoiner, adjoining, advocate, alter ego, appose, backer, be contiguous, be in contact, best friend, border, border on, borderer, bordering, bosom friend, bring near, brother, butt, bystander, casual acquaintance, close acquaintance, close friend, communicate, confidant, confidante, conjoin, connect, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, face to face, familiar, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, friend, immediate, immediate neighbor, inseparable friend, intimate, join, joined, juxtapose, juxtaposed, juxtaposit, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, lie by, line, looker-on, lover, march, neighborer, neighboring, next, onlooker, other self, partisan, pickup, put with, repository, stand by, supporter, sympathizer, tangent, touch, verge, verge upon, well-wisherROGET THESAURUS
neighbor
Nearness
N nearness, proximity, propinquity, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood, adjacency, contiguity, short distance, short step, short cut, earshot, close quarters, stone's throw, bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot, hair's breadth, span, purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, environs, alentours, suburbs, confines, banlieue, borderland, whereabouts, bystander, neighbor, borderer, approach, convergence, perihelion, near, nigh, close at hand, near at hand, close, neighboring, bordering upon, contiguous, adjacent, adjoining, proximate, proximal, at hand, handy, near the mark, near run, home, intimate, near, nigh, hard by, fast by, close to, close upon, hard upon, at the point of, next door to, within reach, within call, within hearing, within earshot, within an ace of, but a step, not far from, at no great distance, on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of, in the environs, at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side, on the tip of one's tongue, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, in sight of, in presence of, at close quarters, cheek by jole, cheek by jowl, beside, alongside, side by side, tete-a-tete, in juxtaposition, yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of, on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to, in the way, about, hereabouts, thereabouts, roughly, in round numbers, approximately, approximatively, as good as, well-nigh.Friend
N friend, friend of one's bosom, alter ego, best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend, amicus, usque ad aras, fidus Achates, persona grata, acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding acquaintance, wellwisher, favorer, fautor, patron, Mecaenas, tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer, ally, friend in need, comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade, confidante, intimate, old crony, crony, chum, pal, buddy, bosom buddy, playfellow, playmate, childhood friend, bedfellow, bedmate, chamber fellow, associate, colleague, compeer, schoolmate, schoolfellow, classfellow, classman, classmate, roommate, fellow-man, stable companion, best man, maid of honor, matron of honor, compatriot, fellow countryman, countryman, shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate, fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion, copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner, Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux, Nisus and Euryalus, Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum, host, Amphitryon, Boniface, guest, visitor, prot_eg_e, amici probantur rebus adversis, ohne bruder kann man leben nicht ohne Freund, best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness, conocidos muchos amigos pocos, friend more divine than all divinities, vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo.Also see definition of "neighbor" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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