Definition of NEXT

next

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • immediately following in time or order
    • "next in line"
    • "the next president"
    • "the next item on the list"
  • nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
    • "in the next room"
    • "the person sitting next to me"
  • (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
    • "our next president"

Adverb

  • at the time or occasion immediately following
    • "next the doctor examined his back"

Adj

  • Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
  • Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
  • Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.
  • Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
  • Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)

Det

  • Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
  • Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.

Adv

  • In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
  • In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
  • So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.
  • On the first subsequent occasion.

Prep

  • On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.

Noun

  • The one that follows after this one.
  • Next match

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next to”), German nächst (“next”), Danish næste (“next”), Swedish näst (“next”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”).

Synonyms

adjacent, following, future, side by side, subsequent, succeeding

Antonyms

previous, previously

Scrabble Score: 11

next is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
next is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
next is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

next is a valid Words With Friends word