next

Examples

• All

• You're right next door to me.

  Laughing Sinners (1931)

• So yeah, quite pretty next to the eyes.

• And maybe next time we go, the lady next to us...

  Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)

• I'll drop you at the next gas station, alright?

  Deadfall (2012)

• And just remember, if you need anything at all, Ted and I are just in the next room.

  The Wrath of Becky (2023)

• The guest room is right next to ours and the walls are thin.

• They must have been like right next to a Starbucks.

• I couldn't imagine Elka living next door to strangers or the house standing empty.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The guest room is right next to ours and the walls are thin.

• I grew up next to the Trader Joe.

Synonyms

S

side by side

vsnext

148 2.2

Next to each other in the same place

is touching directly with no space between them

A

adjacent

vsnext

108 3.8

Next to something, often sharing a border or edge

is touching directly with nothing between

Antonyms

F

far

416 1.0

At a great distance in space or time

D

distant

224 2.8

Far away in space, not near you

Idioms

B

better luck next time

• Informal

11 4.1

A friendly phrase that wishes someone more success next time

O

one moment... the next

3 7.4

Two very different things happen quickly one after the other

A

as the next person

1 5.6

Like most people do

J

just as the next guy

• Informal

1 8.1

To say that someone feels like most other people

K

to knock into the middle of next week

• Informal

1 9.9

To hit or shock someone so they feel dazed

J

just as the next girl

• Informal

1 9.8

Say that you feel or want something like most other women

A

as the next person can

1 5.9

To the same degree as anyone else

N

next thing one knows

• Informal

8.2

Something happens suddenly before you notice

Compounds

N

next door

438 1.0

At the house or apartment right beside yours

N

next-level

• Informal

101 6.3

Better than what is normal or expected

N

next of kin

53 3.5

A close family member to contact if someone dies or is very ill

N

next-to-last

8 5.1

The one before the last in a series

N

next fix

• NSFW

3 9.9

The next dose of an addictive drug that a person badly wants

A

a week from next Tuesday

1 5.6

One week after next Tuesday

N

next friend

• Formal

1 9.9

A person who speaks for a child or someone who cannot act for themselves in court

T

the next Suckerberg

• Offensive

9.1

A person hoping to become very successful in tech by copying a famous social media founder

Surface Forms

Etymology