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• next-door
  next-door

  adverb

  Also next door to, at, or in the next house on the street, especially if it is very close by, or the adjacent apartment, office, room, or the like.
• next door
  next door

  adjective

  at, in, or to the adjacent house, flat, building, etc

next-door

American  

[neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-, neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-] / ˈnɛksˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈnɛkst-, ˈnɛksˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, ˈnɛkst- /

adverb

1. Also next door to, at, or in the next house on the street, especially if it is very close by, or the adjacent apartment, office, room, or the like.

   Go next-door and get your sister. Your sister is next-door. Her brother lives next-door.

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adjective

1. being situated or living next-door.

   next-door neighbors.

next door British  

adjective

1. at, in, or to the adjacent house, flat, building, etc

   we live next door to the dentist

   the next-door house

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Etymology

Origin of next-door

First recorded in 1475–85

Example Sentences

It won only one out of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu and three out of 140 in next-door Kerala, both of which have significant numbers of Christians and Muslims.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

No one — not his children or your nieces or the next-door neighbor’s second cousin twice removed — has a right to that money.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

It turned out that Zermeño casually knew the business owner, although Alex Lopez said he never realized his former next-door neighbor was a mural artist.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

"We believe the suspects turned right after leaving the house and then ran down an alleyway beside the next-door property," Insp Dalzell said.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Grandma’s next-door neighbor, Mrs. Purcell, has the only wireless in her lane.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Related Words

• adjacent
• adjoining
• immediate
• nearby
• neighboring
• warm