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Synonyms of next in English:
next
See US English definition of next
See UK English definition of next
See Spanish definition of próximo
adjective
1‘we shall turn to this issue in the next chapter’
SYNONYMS
following, succeeding, to come, upcoming
ANTONYMS
previous, preceding
2‘a brick wall separated the garden of the next house from ours’
SYNONYMS
neighbouring, adjacent, adjoining, next-door, bordering, abutting
contiguous, connected, connecting, attached
closest, nearest, proximate
adverb
1‘people argued about where to go next’
SYNONYMS
then, after that, after this, following that, following this, after, afterwards, after that time, later, at a later time, subsequently, at a subsequent time
formal thereafter, thereupon
ANTONYMS
before
Phrases
- the next world
‘instead of offering salvation in the next world, it offers health and longevity in this one’
SYNONYMS
the hereafter, life after death, the afterlife, the life to come, the afterworld, the beyond
immortality, eternity, heaven, paradise
‘the market for ponies is poor and they fetch next to nothing’
SYNONYMS
very small sum, pittance, trifle, flea-bite, trifling sum, drop in the ocean, insignificant sum, derisory sum, paltry sum
small change, pence
hardly anything, very little, the bare minimum
informal peanuts, chicken feed, piddling amount, shoestring
North American informal chump change
South African informal tickey
‘she sat down next to a window’
SYNONYMS
beside, next door to, alongside, at the side of, by the side of, abreast of, by, adjacent to, cheek by jowl with, side by side with
close to, near, nearest to, neighbouring, adjoining, abutting
connected to, connecting with, contiguous with, attached to
ANTONYMS
away from
‘in the case of childless couples, your next of kin are your parents’
SYNONYMS
closest relative, closest relation, nearest blood relation, nearest blood relative, closest family member
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