next-door

1 of 2

adjective

ˈneks(t)-ˈdȯr 

: located or living in the next building, house, apartment, or room

broadly : nearby, adjacent

next door

2 of 2

adverb

: in or to the next building, house, apartment, or room

lives next door

broadly : in or at an adjacent place

see also next door to

Synonyms of next-door

Adjective

• near
• close
• nearby
• neighboring

Examples of next-door in a Sentence

Adjective

a next-door neighbor who is always helpful and friendly

Adverb

He bought the house next door.

I'll be staying in the room next door.

Canada is right next door to the U.S.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

In the movie, Molly Shannon’s Betty Lou Who (Cindy’s mom) and Christina Baranski’s Martha May Whovier (her next-door neighbor and the Grinch’s love interest) get into a battle over whose house is better decorated for the holidays. —Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025

My next-door neighbor has two young children and often seems to be stressed out. —Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025

Adverb

Police and firefighters flooded in from the region, as staff from a hospital next door and neighbors rushed to help evacuate the injured. —Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2025

Then, head next door to the Jamestown Settlement, also a living history museum, to view replicas of a 17th-century Indigenous village, James Fort, and the three ships the colonists sailed in from England. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1744, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1579, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for next-door

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore

Kids Definition

next-door

1 of 2 adjective

: located or living in the next building, house, apartment, or room

next-door neighbors

next door

2 of 2 adverb

: in or to the next building, house, apartment, or room