Phrase guide

next door

adj · adv · prep · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

That is in an adjacent place; that is located next door.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: postpositional, usually

Examples

  • Try the place next door.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In an adjacent building, room or place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • He lives next door but one (= two houses from mine).

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

prep

Meaning 3

Next door to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

at or in or to the adjacent residence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the criminal had been living next door all this time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: in the adjacent house, in the adjacent apartment

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 隔壁 (gébì) — that is in the adjacent place
  • Czech: vedlejší — that is in the adjacent place
  • Czech: sousední — that is in the adjacent place
  • Finnish: naapuri- — that is in the adjacent place
  • Finnish: lähi- — that is in the adjacent place
  • Finnish: viereinen — that is in the adjacent place
  • Greek: διπλανός (diplanós) — that is in the adjacent place
  • Russian: сосе́дний (sosédnij) — that is in the adjacent place
  • Swedish: vägg i vägg — that is in the adjacent place
  • Welsh: drws nesa — that is in the adjacent place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隔壁 (gébì) — in the adjacent home or place
  • Czech: vedle — in the adjacent home or place
  • Finnish: naapurissa — in the adjacent home or place
  • French: à côté — in the adjacent home or place
  • German: nebenan — in the adjacent home or place
  • Greek: δίπλα (dípla) — in the adjacent home or place
  • Ingrian: rinnaal — in the adjacent home or place
  • Italian: accanto a — in the adjacent home or place
  • Polish: po sąsiedzku — in the adjacent home or place
  • Russian: по сосе́дству (po sosédstvu) — in the adjacent home or place
  • Russian: ря́дом (rjádom) — in the adjacent home or place
  • Swedish: vägg i vägg — in the adjacent home or place
  • Welsh: drws nesaf — in the adjacent home or place