next
The word “next” has 1 syllable: next
It's pronounced as /nɛkst/
What is synonym and antonym for next?
In the thesaurus, “next” has 57 synonyms and 21 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for next along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for next
- abutting
- adjacent
- adjoining
- after
- afterward
- afterwards
- afterwhile
- against
- alongside
- attached
- back-to-back
- behind
- beside
- by and by
- close
- closely
- closest
- coming
- coming up
- consecutive
- consequent
- coterminous
- ensuing
- following
- hard by
- hereafter
- hereinbelow
- immediate
- infra
- later
- latterly
- meeting
- nearest
- neighboring
- next off
- next to
- on
- on deck
- on the side
- posterior
- presently
- proximate
- second
- sequential
- side-by-side
- since
- soon
- subsequent
- subsequently
- succeeding
- successive
- then
- thereafter
- thereupon
- touching
- upon
- upside
Antonyms for next
- afore
- ahead
- antecedent
- antecedently
- anterior
- anteriorly
- before
- beforehand
- earlier
- foregoing
- former
- formerly
- heretofore
- last
- past
- precedent
- preceding
- previous
- previously
- prior
- theretofore
Meanings of next
- noun
- The one that follows after this one.
- adjective
- Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
- Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
- Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
- Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.).
- adverb
- In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
- On the first subsequent occasion.
- preposition
- On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.
Example Sentences
- I will call the next person in line.
- She plans to travel to Japan next summer.
- The next chapter of the book is the most exciting.
- Please move to the next slide in the presentation.
- Who’s next to give their opinion?
On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to next, such as: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, afore, after, afterward, afterwards.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
back of
- aback
- abaft
- aft
- after
- afterwards
- astern
- at the heels of
- at the rear of
- back
- backward
- behind
- below
- bringing up the rear
- eating the dust
- ensuing
- final
- following
- hind
- hindmost
- in back of
- in the background
- in the rear
- in the wake
- in the wake of
- later
- later than
- next
- off the pace
- posterior
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- rear
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- rearward
- subsequential
- subsequently
- succeeding
- tail
- thereafter
- trailing
back-to-back
- abutting
- adjacent
- adjoining
- after
- alongside
- attached
- beside
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- closest
- coming
- consecutive
- consecutively
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- constant
- constantly
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- continuingly
- continuous
- continuously
- coterminous
- ensuing
- following
- hand running
- hard by
- in series
- later
- meeting
- nearest
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- next
- night and day
- on end
- on the side
- posterior
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- repeatedly
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- together
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- uninterrupted
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hair-trigger
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- hyperacute
- hypersensitive
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near
- about
- abreast
- abutting
- accessible
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- accurate
- across
- adjacent
- adjoin
- adjoining
- adoring
- advance
- affable
- affecting
- affectionate
- after a fashion
- akin
- alike
- all but
- allied
- almost
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- alongside
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- analogous
- appreciably
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- at hand
- attached
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- belly up
- beside
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- border
- bordering
- borderline
- bosom
- buddy-buddy
- burning
- by
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- chiefly
- chummy
- circa
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- close-up
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- come
- come up
- comfortable
- coming
- companionable
- comparable
- comparative
- compelling
- confidential
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- conterminous
- contiguous
- convenient
- conveniently
- convincing
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- cordial
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- creep up
- dear
- devoted
- draw on
- drop in
- easy
- enter
- equal
- equivalent
- especial
- expected
- expressive
- fair
- fairly
- faithful
- familiar
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- fond
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- forthcoming
- forward
- friendly
- front
- gain
- generally
- genial
- gracious
- graphic
- graphical
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- hand-to-hand
- handily
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- hard
- hearty
- hereabout
- hereabouts
- hereaway
- hereaways
- hit
- hither
- immediate
- imminent
- impending
- in
- in close proximity
- in the offing
- inseparable
- inside
- intimate
- inward
- just about
- kind of
- land
- largely
- lifelike
- like
- living
- looming
- loosely
- loving
- mainly
- make
- matching
- more or less
- most
- mostly
- much
- natural
- naturalist
- naturalistic
- near-at-hand
- nearby
- nearly
- neighboring
- neighborly
- next
- next door
- next door to
- next to
- next-door
- nigh
- nigher
- nominally
- not remote
- oncoming
- partially
- partly
- photo-realistic
- plus or minus
- practically
- pretty much
- proximal
- proximate
- reach
- ready
- realistic
- related
- relative
- resembling
- roughly
- say
- secretive
- show up
- side-by-side
- similar
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- thereabout
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- thick
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- three-dimensional
- tight
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- toward
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- true
- turn up
- upcoming
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- vincinal
- virtually
- vivid
- warm
- well-nigh
- within an inch of
- within call
nearest
- abutting
- across the street
- adjacent
- adjoining
- affectionate
- after
- ahead
- alongside
- ambient
- ante
- antecedently
- approaching
- approximate
- around the corner
- at hand
- attached
- back-to-back
- before
- beforehand
- beside
- betwixt and between
- bordering
- borderline
- bosom
- bounding
- buddy-buddy
- central
- cherished
- chummy
- circumjacent
- close
- closest
- clubby
- comfy
- coming
- communicating
- confidential
- connected
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- consequent
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- coterminous
- cozy
- dear
- dearest
- direct
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- encircling
- enclosing
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- faithful
- fast
- fencing
- firsthand
- flanking
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- fringing
- give or take a little
- gray
- grey
- halfway
- handy
- hard by
- immediate
- imminent
- impending
- in advance
- in spitting distance
- in the ball park
- in-between
- inclosing
- inmost
- inner
- innermost
- interconnecting
- intermediary
- intermediate
- joined
- joining
- juxtaposed
- later
- linked
- loving
- marginal
- medial
- median
- mediate
- medium
- meeting
- mellow
- mid
- middle
- midmost
- mix
- near
- near-at-hand
- nearby
- nearly
- neighboring
- next
- next-door
- nice
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- on the side
- peripheral
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- proximal
- proximate
- recent
- regular
- rimming
- roommate
- side-by-side
- skirting
- snug
- subsequent
- succeeding
- surrounding
- tangent
- tangential
- touching
- united
- verging
- warm