neighbour en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English neighebour, neighbour, neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), from *nēhwaz (“close, near”) + *gabūrô (“dweller”). Equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”). Cognates Cognate with Scots nebour, neebour, neibour (“neighbour”), Yola nipore, nypore (“neighbour”), North Frisian Naiber, naibüür, näiber (“neighbour”), Saterland Frisian Noaber (“neighbour”), Alemannic German Naachpuur, Nochbär (“neighbour”), Central Franconian Nohber (“neighbour”), Dutch nabuur (“neighbour”), Low German Naber, Nahwer (“neighbour”), German Nachbar (“neighbour”), Luxembourgish Noper (“neighbour”), Vilamovian nokwer, nökver, nökwer (“neighbour”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish nabo (“neighbour”), Faroese nábúgvi (“neighbour”), Icelandic nábúi (“neighbour”), Manx naboo (“neighbour”), Scottish Gaelic nàbaidh (“neighbour”), Estonian naaber (“neighbour”), Finnish naapuri (“neighbour”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English prome (“neighbour”), borrowed from Old French proeme, proime, proisme (“neighbour”) (<< Latin proximus (“nearest, next”).
Meanings
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(UK) A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
My neighbour has two noisy cats.
Of Stanford himself, an Antiguan neighbour once remarked to this newspaper: "He is either one of the world's greatest philanthropists or one of its biggest crooks."
2009 February 21, Marina Hyde, “Thanks for the philanthropy, billionaires. Now pay your tax”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023:They′re our neighbours across the street.
2011, Richard Jensen, Chris Cornelis, "Fuzzy-Rough Nearest Neighbour Classification", James F. Peters, Andrzej Skowron (editors-in-chief), Transactions on Rough Sets XIII, Springer, Lecture Notes in Computing Science 6499, page 56, By contrast to the latter, our method uses the nearest neighbours to construct lower and upper approximations of decision classes, and classifies test instances based on their membership to these approximations.
2009, D. Staufer, Classical Percolation, Asok K. Sen, Kamal K. Bardhan, Bikas K. Chakrabarti (editors), Quantum and Semi-Classical Percolation and Breakdown in Disordered Solids, Springer, Lecture Notes in Physics 762, page 4, Then a cluster is grown by letting each empty neighbour of an already occupied cluster site decide once and for all, whether it is occupied or empty. One needs to keep and to update a perimeter list of empty neighbours.
1660, Hugh Peters, The Tales and Jests of Mr. Hugh Peters, reprinted 1807, page 10, Being at his own house in the country, when a great tempest of wind rose, he takes an occasion to visit a neighbour by him, and being somewhat merily disposed, quoth he Oh neighbour, did you not see what a wind there was the other day?
Undine at length shrank back with an unrecognizing face; but her movement made her opera-glass slip to the floor, and her neighbour bent down and picked it up.
1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country, published 2010, unnumbered page:Neighbours enact their substantive noun when there′s a neighbour′s sickness in the night; as friends do theirs, the cindered and the green times through.
1973, Ernest Buckler, Nova Scotia: Window on the Sea, page 126:
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(UK) One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
Buckingham / No more shall be the neighbour to my counsel.
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
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(UK) A fellow human being.
1982, Bible (NKJV), Leviticus 19:18, You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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(UK) Anything located directly adjacent to something else.
The flood fill algorithm fills an area with colour by starting at one pixel and recursively visiting its neighbours.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| neighba | alternative, pronunciation-spelling | lexicographic | |
| neyghbor | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| neighboure | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| naybour | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| neibour | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| neyghbour | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| neighbours | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| neyghboure | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| neighbore | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| neighbor | US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| neyghbore | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| neibor | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Antonyms
foreigner (antonym(s) of “biblical”) · stranger (antonym(s) of “biblical”)
Deriveds
neighbourhood · neighbourly · beggar-my-neighbour · good fences make good neighbours · beat my neighbour out of doors · text door neighbour · phonological neighbour · neighbourlike · beggar-thy-neighbour · neighborred · neighbouring · neighbourliness · neighbourship · neighbouress · unneighboured · orthographic neighbour · beat your neighbour · beat your neighbour out of doors · love for one's neighbour
Synonyms
fellow human being (Christian sense) · bydweller · fellow man (Christian sense) · fellow (Christian sense)
Translations (340)
cs soused (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · arz جار (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · id tetangga (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · goh nāhgibūr (fellow human) · cs sousedka (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ur ہَمْسایَہ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · rsk сушед (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · el γειτόνισσα (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh сусетка (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · rm vischin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ary جارة (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · cmn 鄰居 /邻居 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · cdo 厝邊 /厝边 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · cmn 比鄰 /比邻 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · hi पड़ोसी (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · es vecina (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · kmr cîran (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · clt ingpaa (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · la accola (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sc bighinu (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lmo visin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · got 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nl buur (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ko 이웃 사람 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sc vichinu (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · la adcola (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nl buurvrouw (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mk комшија (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · te పొరుగు (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nn neste (fellow human) · lv līdzcilvēks (fellow human) · mi tangata-noho-tata (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · enm neyghebour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · fr prochaine (fellow human) · sq gjiton (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ryn 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · kmr dirawse (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pl bliźni (fellow human) · ia vicino (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · dng гибир (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tkn 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · da næste (fellow human) · ca veí (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sa प्रतिवेशिन् (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pam siping-bale (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sq fqinj (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pt próxima (fellow human) · nn medmenneske (fellow human) · fr prochain (fellow human) · ja 隣の人 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · de Nächste (fellow human) · ky кошуна (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ltg kaimiņs (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pa ਗੁਆਂਢੀ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · vo jinilädan (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · arz جارة (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ps همسايه (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh комшикa (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ca proïsme (fellow human) · sh kòmšinica (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh су́сјед (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ang nīehsta (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nl buurman (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · hak 鄰舍 /邻舍 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · crh qomşu (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · rup vitsin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · xug 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ceb silingan (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ml അയൽവാസി (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · it prossimo (fellow human) · hy դրացի (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · fo nábúgvi (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lb Nopesch (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · my အိမ်နီးချင်း (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · yue 鄰居 /邻居 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · hu szomszédnő (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · vi láng giềng (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ps ګاونډی (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pa گَوانڈھی (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · br amezeg (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · it vicina (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · zdj djirani (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · am ጎረቤት (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · kmr cînar (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mvi 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh суседкиња (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · vec vexin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · arc ܫܒܒܬܐ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · hu szomszéd (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pms vsin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · cjy 鄰居 /邻居 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · enm neyghebour (fellow human) · fr voisin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · zza êmıryan (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sv nabo (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · alt кӧрӱш (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mi kiritata (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · se kránnjá (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ltg sābrys (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · yoi 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ta அண்டை (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · af buurvrou (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ast vecín (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tum mwanase (fellow human) · wa vijhén (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · gl veciño (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · hi हमसाया (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tyv кадызы (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sah ыал (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ky коңшу (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ru сосе́дка (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mnp 厝邊 /厝边 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · de Nachbarin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bua хүршэ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · io vicinulo (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lv kaimiņš (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · eo najbaro (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · de Mitmensch (fellow human) · is nábúi (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ms jiran (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sc bichinu (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · dng линҗү (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh súsed (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · uk сусі́д (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · hu felebarát (fellow human) · sw jirani (fellow human) · fi naapuri (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tly hamusiyə (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · fo granni (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · es prójima (fellow human) · az qonşu (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ja 近所の人 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · de Nachbar (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nds Nahwer (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ckb دراوسێ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bo གྲོང་པ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh kòmšija (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pa گَوَانْڈَھݨ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · cu сѫсѣдъ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ast vecina (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ams 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · gd nàbaidh (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · om ollaa (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · rue сусїд (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · arc שבבא (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · uz qoʻshni (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · grc γείτων (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · km អ្នកជិតខាង (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · wlc djirani (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ist viseîn (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · fur vicin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ab агәыла (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lb Noper (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ro vecină (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh komšika (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tl kapitbahay (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · he רֵעַ (fellow human) · hy հարեւան (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tab гъунши (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · be сусе́дка (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · so jaar (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ky көршу (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · se ránnjá (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lv tuvākais (fellow human) · alt айылдаш (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sco neibour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tt күрше (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pa ਗਵਾਂਢੀ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pt próximo (fellow human) · hi पड़ोसी (fellow human) · sv nästa (fellow human) · ug خوشنا (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · eu aldameneko (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · it vicino (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · da medmenneske (fellow human) · bal ہمساہگ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bal ہمسایگ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ca veïna (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · hi पड़ोसिन (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · hsb susod (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mk сосетка (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sq komshi (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · be сусе́д (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pdc Nochber (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · vi hàng xóm (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh susetka (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · arc שבבתא (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nn nabo (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · wa vijhene (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tk goňşy (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mk сосед (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · acw جارة (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · uk бли́жній (fellow human) · bg комши́я (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · yo aládùúgbò (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · he שְׁכֵנָה (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · prs هَمْسَایَه (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sv granne (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · jje 윳 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ug قوشنا (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ro vecin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh су́сед (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ce лулахо (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ary جار (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · br amezegez (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · okn 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ru сосе́д (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · el γείτονας (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mfe vwazin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ar جَارة (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mt ġar (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · is nágranni (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tyv кожазы (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sk susedka (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ryu 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · rsk сушеда (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh susedkinja (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ba күрше (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nb nabo (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ja 隣人 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · kl eqqaamiu (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sw jirani (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bar Nochbar (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · frr näiber (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nb neste (fellow human) · mn ᠬᠥᠷᠰᠢ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ja 隣家の人 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · et naaber (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh suseda (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ovd granne (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · fr voisine (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · xdq умра́ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · kk көрші (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · orv сусѣдъ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mba silingan (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pap bisiña (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sl soseda (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · io vicino (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ga comharsa (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · yi שכן (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · uk сусі́да (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lo ເພື່ອນບ້ານ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · da nabo (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · es prójimo (fellow human) · la vīcīna (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · fur prossim (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · yox 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ru бли́жний (fellow human) · goh nāhgibūr (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · oc vesin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bho पड़ोसी (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · arc ܫܒܒܐ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · cs bližní (fellow human) · gv naboo (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · la vīcīnus (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · got 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bg съсе́д (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bo ཁྱིམ་མཚེས (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · es vecino (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nan-hbl 厝邊 /厝边 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · af buurman (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bar Nåchbår (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lt kaimynė (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sc biginu (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lv kaimiņiene (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ar جَار (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nl buren (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · kk қоңсы (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mk комшика (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · de Nächster (fellow human) · sl sosed (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · kk бастас (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · acw جار (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lmo vesin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bn প্রতিবেশী (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ur پَڑوسن (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tyv кожа (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pl sąsiad (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · yi שאָכן (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · kzg 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · uk сусі́дка (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ka მეზობელი (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · kl sanileq (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · th เพื่อนบ้าน (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bg комши́йка (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · rm vischina (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tg ҳамсоя (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ang nēahġebūr (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · io vicinino (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · fi lähimmäinen (fellow human) · sw majirani (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · km មិត្តជិតខាង (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · fur vicìn (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · jje 이웃 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sv medmänniska (fellow human) · dsb sused (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · rys 隣 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · dlm vičain (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · tr komşu (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · zza ciron (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · vo nilädan (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · vo hinilädan (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · mn хөрш (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pt vizinho (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · cy cymydog (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · eu auzokide (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pl sąsiadka (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ur پَڑوسی (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · non nábúi (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pa گُوَانڈھی (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽𐍉 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · wuu 鄰舍 /邻舍 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sq fqije (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pa ਗੁਆਂਢਣ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ms tetangga (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · scn vicinu (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sk sused (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · he שָׁכֵן (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · vec vesin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · lt kaimynas (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ti ጐረቤት (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · bg съсе́дка (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · non granni (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ko 이웃 (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ota قونشو (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · fa-ira هَمْسایِه (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · grc πλησίον (fellow human) · sh súsjed (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · vec visin (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nl nabuur (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · pt vizinha (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ml അയൽക്കാരൻ (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh суседа (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh ко̀мшиница (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · ga comharsa (fellow human) · ka მოყვასი (fellow human) · uz hamsoya (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · sh ко̀мшија (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) · nb medmenneske (fellow human)