noun
Meaning 1
The characteristic of being neighborly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
neighborliness
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noun
Meaning 2
a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neighbourliness, good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness
Antonyms: unneighborliness
Broader terms: friendliness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English neighbor Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English neighborly Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English neighborliness From neighborly + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Nachbarschaftlichkeit — quality of being neighborly
- Irish: comharsanacht — quality of being neighborly