neighbour

Other forms of neighbour

plural

neighbours·

past tense

neighboured·

present participle

neighbouring·

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 neighbour

What does neighbour mean?

neighbour 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 neighbour?

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

What is another word for neighbour?

Close synonyms include neighbor, neighbor, neighbor, neighbor. 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 neighbour a common word?

neighbour 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 neighbour?

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