Synonyms for neighbors
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ney-ber |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈneɪ bər |
Top 10 synonyms for neighbors Other synonyms for the word neighbors
Définition of neighbors
Origin :- Old English neahgebur (West Saxon), nehebur (Anglian) "neighbor," from neah "near" (see nigh) + gebur "dweller," related to bur "dwelling" (see bower). Common Germanic compound (cf. Old Saxon nabur, Middle Dutch naghebuur, Dutch (na)bur, Old High German nahgibur, Middle High German nachgebur, German Nachbar). Good neighbor policy attested by 1937, but good neighbor with reference to U.S. policy toward Latin America was used by 1928 by Herbert Hoover.
- noun person who lives close by
- verb be next to
- He repulsed the advances of neighbors, and became what Robert called him—a miser.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He had bought the wonderful beasts, greatly envied by all his neighbors.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- During Tuesday the body was viewed by the tenants on the estate, the neighbors and friends.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- In a land of healing miracles, neighbors must not suffer and die unattended.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Calvert and I have been helping our neighbors to get in the harvest.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Here's another of the neighbors who wants to see how you look.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Better than we can do, our neighbors send us, and we must send our own best in return.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
- Possibly it may disturb your neighbors; but you do not ask them to hear it.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various
- I happen to remember that it was a season of cruel hardship to many of our neighbors.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors —to dislodge the worms.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
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