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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

There’s always a place to rest your angst here and a staffer who pours a coffee better than the barrista nextdoor.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

In Pasadena, the city nextdoor to devastated Altadena, the median rent for all home types was $2,600, according to Zillow.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025

At Oslo's Viking Ship museum, a team of engineers has begun work to ensure a new home being built nextdoor does not prove fatal for three vessels that have survived for a millennium or more.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2022

“The nextdoor neighbour will always say that he was the nicest guy. These people don’t necessarily look scary, they don’t have some kind of mark on them.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2018

“Well, I wouldn’t exactly say they’re family. More like nextdoor neighbors, I guess.”

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

Related Words

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