Definitions for neighbors

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neighbors neigh·bor

Spelling: [ney-ber]

IPA: /ˈneɪ bər/

Neighbors is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 543 anagrams from letters in neighbors (beghinors).

Definitions for neighbors

noun

1. a person who lives near another.
2. a person or thing that is near another.
3. one's fellow human being:
4. a person who shows kindliness or helpfulness toward his or her fellow humans:
5. (used as a term of address, especially as a friendly greeting to a stranger):

adjective

1. situated or living near another:

verb (used with object)

1. to live or be situated near to; adjoin; border on.
2. to place or bring near.

verb (used without object)

1. to live or be situated nearby.
2. to associate with or as if with one's neighbors; be neighborly or friendly (often followed by with).

Origin of neighbors

before 900; Middle English; Old English neahgebūr, nēahbūr (nēah nigh + (ge)būr farmer; see Boer, boor); akin to Dut

Examples for neighbors

He did not love his neighbor enough to grasp the facts of the case.

And Hayao Miyazaki, the 73-year-old director behind hits like My neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away, is a walking legend.

Young Sparrow must either starve or ask his neighbor to help him with a loan.

Casting from us our own faults first, let us cast from us and from him our neighbor's also.

He and a neighbor friend worked for a time in a pizzeria in a nearby town.

Selling off the extras, I saw my neighbor marvel at the scent and murmur that he wished he could afford one.

After a pause she invited me in with a warm smile, as if I were a neighbor.

He did not like his neighbor, Mr. Fish, any too well but there was no way out.

Here was her old friend and neighbor asking to take her out for a daylight ride.

Sure, your cubicle mate, neighbor, and aunt all own a Fitbit or JawBone fitness tracker.