neighbor

Other forms of neighbor

plural

neighbors·

past tense

neighborred·

present participle

neighborring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about neighbor

What does neighbor mean?

neighbor means "a person who lives (or is located) near another". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in neighbor?

neighbor has 2 syllables: neigh-bor. The stress falls on "neigh". In IPA it is /ˈneɪbɚ/.

What is another word for neighbor?

Close synonyms include neighbour, neighbour, neighbour, neighbour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is neighbor a common word?

neighbor is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with neighbor?

1 word rhymes with neighbor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.