| Main Entry: | neighbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who lives close by |
Synonyms: |
acquaintance, bystander, friend, homebody, nearby resident, next-door neighbor |
| Main Entry: | neighbor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
Synonyms: |
abut, adjoin, be adjacent, be contiguous, be near, be nearby, border, butt against, communicate, connect, join, line, march, surround, touch, verge |
| Main Entry: | abut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch or be next to something |
Synonyms: |
adjoin, be adjacent to, border on, butt against, join, neighbor |
| Main Entry: | acquaintance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a person known informally |
Synonyms: |
associate, association, colleague, companion, contact, friend, neighbor |
Antonyms: |
stranger |
| Main Entry: | adjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
Synonyms: |
abut, approximate, be adjacent to, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, lie beside, link, neighbor, touch, verge |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
Synonyms: |
abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
Antonyms: |
be inside, center |
| Main Entry: | border on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close to; approximate |
Synonyms: |
abut, adjoin, approach, be like, be similar to, come near, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, lie near, lie next to, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, verge on |
Antonyms: |
not touch |
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, adjoin |
Synonyms: |
abut, border, bound, communicate, join, jut, meet, neighbor, project, protrude, verge |
| Main Entry: | homeboy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friend |
Synonyms: |
bro, brother*, buddy, fellow gang member, homie, neighbor |
| Main Entry: | inhabitant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is resident of habitation |
Synonyms: |
aborigine, addressee, autochthon, boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, indweller, inmate, lessee, lodger, native, neighbor, occupant, occupier, renter, resider, roomer, settler, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite |