neighboring

The word “neighboring” has 3 syllables: nei-bor-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈneɪ.bər.ɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for neighboring?

In the thesaurus, “neighboring” has 67 synonyms and 41 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for neighboring along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for neighboring

  • abutting
  • accessible
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • ambient
  • approaching
  • approximate
  • at hand
  • attached
  • beside
  • bordering
  • bounding
  • circumjacent
  • close
  • close-in
  • close-up
  • closest
  • coming
  • communicating
  • connected
  • connecting
  • contacting
  • conterminous
  • contiguous
  • convenient
  • converging
  • embracing
  • encircling
  • enclosing
  • encompassing
  • fencing
  • flanking
  • flush
  • forthcoming
  • fringing
  • hand-to-hand
  • handy
  • immediate
  • inclosing
  • interconnecting
  • joined
  • joining
  • juxtaposed
  • lining
  • linked
  • marginal
  • margining
  • meeting
  • near
  • nearby
  • nearest
  • next door
  • next-door
  • nigh
  • oncoming
  • peripheral
  • proximate
  • rimming
  • skirting
  • surrounding
  • tangent
  • tangential
  • to hand
  • touching
  • united
  • upcoming
  • verging

Antonyms for neighboring

  • apart
  • away
  • broken up
  • deep
  • detached
  • disconnected
  • discontinuous
  • discrete
  • disjoined
  • dissevered
  • dissociated
  • distant
  • disunited
  • divided
  • divorced
  • far
  • far-off
  • faraway
  • farthest
  • free-standing
  • isolate
  • isolated
  • nonadjacent
  • noncontiguous
  • noncontinuous
  • parted
  • ramified
  • remote
  • removed
  • resolved
  • separate
  • separated
  • severed
  • single
  • split
  • sundered
  • unattached
  • unconnected
  • uncoupled
  • unlinked
  • unyoked

Meanings of neighboring

  • adjective
    1. Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
  • verb
    1. To be adjacent to.
    2. (followed by "on"; figurative) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
    3. To associate intimately with; to be close to.

Example Sentences

  • The neighboring towns often collaborate on community events and festivals.
  • We enjoyed exploring the neighboring park that had beautiful walking trails.
  • The neighboring farms produce a variety of fruits and vegetables for the local market.
  • Many animals from the neighboring forest can be spotted in our backyard.
  • The neighboring school district offers excellent educational programs for students.

On this page you'll find 108 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to neighboring, such as: abutting, accessible, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, apart, approaching.

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Related Words

abutting

  • abreast
  • across the street
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • after
  • along toward
  • alongside
  • ambient
  • approaching
  • approximal
  • approximate
  • around
  • around the corner
  • at close quarters
  • at hand
  • attached
  • available
  • back-to-back
  • beside
  • bordering
  • bordering on
  • bounding
  • burning
  • circumjacent
  • close
  • close shave
  • close-at-hand
  • close-by
  • closest
  • coming
  • communicating
  • connected
  • connecting
  • consequent
  • contacting
  • contactual
  • conterminous
  • contiguous
  • convenient
  • converging
  • coterminous
  • edging
  • embracing
  • encircling
  • enclosing
  • encompassing
  • ensuing
  • fencing
  • flanking
  • flush
  • following
  • fringing
  • give or take a little
  • handy
  • hard by
  • immediate
  • imminent
  • impending
  • impinging
  • in close proximity
  • in spitting distance
  • in the ball park
  • inclosing
  • interconnecting
  • joined
  • joining
  • juxtaposed
  • juxtapositional
  • later
  • lining
  • linked
  • marginal
  • margining
  • meeting
  • near
  • near-at-hand
  • nearby
  • nearest
  • nearly
  • neighboring
  • next
  • next door
  • next door to
  • next to
  • next-door
  • nigh
  • not remote
  • on the edge of
  • on the side
  • peripheral
  • practically
  • proximal
  • proximate
  • ready
  • rimming
  • side-by-side
  • skirting
  • subsequent
  • succeeding
  • surrounding
  • tangent
  • tangential
  • touching
  • united
  • verging
  • vincinal
  • warm

back-to-back

  • abutting
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • after
  • alongside
  • attached
  • beside
  • close
  • closest
  • coming
  • consecutive
  • consecutively
  • consequent
  • constant
  • constantly
  • continually
  • continuingly
  • continuous
  • continuously
  • coterminous
  • ensuing
  • following
  • hand running
  • hard by
  • in series
  • later
  • meeting
  • nearest
  • neighboring
  • next
  • night and day
  • on end
  • on the side
  • posterior
  • proximate
  • repeatedly
  • running
  • sequent
  • sequential
  • sequentially
  • serial
  • serially
  • seriatim
  • side-by-side
  • straight
  • subsequent
  • subsequently
  • succeeding
  • successional
  • successionally
  • successive
  • successively
  • together
  • touching
  • unceasingly
  • uninterrupted
  • uninterruptedly

facing

  • abutting
  • accosting
  • adjoining
  • affronting
  • appareling
  • apparelling
  • appearance
  • applique
  • approaching
  • arraying
  • backing
  • battling
  • bearding
  • binding
  • blanketing
  • bordering
  • bounding
  • braid
  • braving
  • brazening
  • breasting
  • challenging
  • cladding
  • clothing
  • combating
  • combatting
  • commanding
  • confronting
  • contending
  • cornering
  • cover
  • covering
  • daring
  • defying
  • disguise
  • dominating
  • dressing
  • embosoming
  • embowering
  • embracing
  • embroidery
  • emulating
  • encasing
  • enclosing
  • encompassing
  • encountering
  • engaging
  • enshrouding
  • enveloping
  • enwrapping
  • exterior
  • facade
  • face
  • fighting
  • folds
  • fringing
  • front
  • fronting
  • garbing
  • guise
  • hem
  • inclosing
  • investing
  • lapping
  • lining
  • mantling
  • margining
  • mask
  • meeting
  • neighboring
  • opposing
  • outbraving
  • outfacing
  • outside
  • overlay
  • overlaying
  • overlooking
  • overspreading
  • piping
  • repelling
  • resisting
  • revetment
  • rimming
  • rivaling
  • rivalling
  • robing
  • semblance
  • sheathing
  • shell
  • show
  • shrouding
  • siding
  • skin
  • skinning
  • skirting
  • standing
  • standing up to
  • surface
  • surrounding
  • swathing
  • taking on
  • top
  • touching
  • trim
  • tucks
  • veiling
  • veneer
  • withstanding
  • wrapping

hand-to-hand

  • abutting
  • accessible
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • anatomic
  • anatomical
  • animal
  • approaching
  • bodily
  • bordering
  • carnal
  • close
  • close-in
  • close-up
  • coming
  • contiguous
  • convenient
  • corporal
  • corporeal
  • fleshly
  • forthcoming
  • handy
  • immediate
  • material
  • near
  • nearby
  • neighboring
  • next-door
  • nigh
  • oncoming
  • physical
  • physiologic
  • physiological
  • proximate
  • sensual
  • sensuous
  • somatic
  • upcoming

immediate

  • abutting
  • accessible
  • actual
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • approaching
  • apt
  • at hand
  • at once
  • at present time
  • at this moment
  • being
  • bordering
  • breathing
  • clinical
  • close
  • close-in
  • close-up
  • coming
  • contemporary
  • contiguous
  • convenient
  • critical
  • current
  • direct
  • early
  • efficient
  • empiric
  • empirical
  • existent
  • existing
  • extant
  • fast
  • first
  • firsthand
  • forthcoming
  • hair-trigger
  • hand-to-hand
  • hands-on
  • handy
  • hit-and-run
  • instant
  • instantaneous
  • live
  • living
  • mod
  • modern
  • modernistic
  • near
  • near-at-hand
  • nearby
  • nearest
  • neighboring
  • new
  • new-fashioned
  • newfangled
  • next
  • next-door
  • nigh
  • now
  • on hand
  • oncoming
  • ongoing
  • opportune
  • paramount
  • present
  • present-day
  • pressing
  • primary
  • prompt
  • proximal
  • proximate
  • punctual
  • quick
  • rapid
  • ready
  • recent
  • red-hot
  • seasonable
  • space-age
  • speedy
  • split-second
  • straightaway
  • summary
  • supermodern
  • swift
  • timely
  • to hand
  • ultramodern
  • unmediated
  • up-to-date
  • upcoming
  • urgent
  • willing

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