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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[=a]"b[~e]r), noun [OE. neighebour, AS. ne['a]hgeb[=u]r; ne['a]h nigh + geb[=u]r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[=a]hgib[=u]r. See {Nigh}, and {Boor}.] [Spelt also {neighbour}.]
1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. --Chaucer.
Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. --Shak.
2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. --Shak.
3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? --Luke x. 36.
The gospel allows no such term as ''stranger;'' makes every man my neighbor. --South.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, verb (used without an object) To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.]
A copse that neighbors by. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, adjective Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. ''The neighbor cities.'' --Jer. l. 40. ''The neighbor room.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
neighbor \neigh"bor\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Neighbored}; p. pr. & vb. n {Neighboring}.]
1. To adjoin; to border on; to be near to.
Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. --Sandys.
2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
neighbor
adjective: situated near one another; "neighbor states" [syn: {neighbour}, {neighboring(a)}, {neighbouring(a)}]
noun
1: a person who lives (or is located) near another [syn: {neighbour}]
2: a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?" [syn: {neighbour}]
verb
1: live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" [syn: {neighbour}]
2: be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" [syn: {neighbour}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "neighbor": abut, abut on, abutter, acquaintance, adjacent, adjoin, adjoiner, adjoining, advocate, alter ego, appose, backer, be contiguous, be in contact, best friend, border, border on, borderer, bordering, bosom friend, bring near, brother, butt, bystander, casual acquaintance, close acquaintance, close friend, communicate, confidant, confidante, conjoin, connect, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, face to face, familiar, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, friend, immediate, immediate neighbor, inseparable friend, intimate, join, joined, juxtapose, juxtaposed, juxtaposit, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, lie by, line, looker-on, lover, march, neighborer, neighboring, next, onlooker, other self, partisan, pickup, put with, repository, stand by, supporter, sympathizer, tangent, touch, verge, verge upon, well-wisher
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
NEIGHBOR, noun One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.
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