Antonyms for next
nɛkstnext

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1. nextadjective

   Antonyms:
   previously, previous

2. nextadverb

   The one that follows after this one.

   Next, please, don't hold up the queue!

   Antonyms:
   previous, previously

3. nextadjective

   Being closer to the present location than all other items.

   The party is next Tuesday; that is, not this Tuesday, but nine days from now.

   Antonyms:
   previously, previous

4. nextadjective

   The next week is full.

   Antonyms:
   previous

5. nextadjective

   Antonyms:
   last, this

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. next

   Adjacent farms may not be connected; if adjoining, they meet at the boundary-line. Conterminous would imply that their dimensions were exactly equal on the side where they adjoin. Contiguous may be used for either adjacent or adjoining. Abutting refers rather to the end of one building or estate than to the neighborhood of another. Buildings may be adjacent or adjoining that are not attached. Near is a relative word, places being called near upon the railroad which would elsewhere be deemed remote. Neighboring always implies such proximity that the inhabitants may be neighbors. Next views some object as the nearest of several or many; next neighbor implies a neighborhood.

   Antonyms:
   detached, disconnected, disjoined, distant, remote, separate

   Synonyms:
   abutting, adjacent, adjoining, attached, beside, bordering, close, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, near, neighboring, nigh

   Preposition:
   The farm was adjacent to the village.

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1. following, nextadjective

   immediately following in time or order

   "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, preceding(a), distant

   Synonyms:
   side by side(p), undermentioned, following, succeeding(a), following(a), future(a), adjacent

2. adjacent, next, side by side(p)adjective

   nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

   "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, preceding(a), distant

3. future(a), next, succeeding(a)adverb

   (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

   "our next president"

   Antonyms:
   preceding(a), distant, outgoing

4. nextadverb

   at the time or occasion immediately following

   "next the doctor examined his back"

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, preceding(a), distant

How to use next in a sentence?

1. Jeffrey Pool:

   There have been informal, working-level discussions of potential locations and next steps, but no final decisions have been made nor are there any plans to begin implementing the EDCA until the Supreme Court completes its review.

2. Trust Kupupika:

   The BJL's not just one person losing a job and then history moves on, that one person didn't have access to wealth to pass down, and the next generation grows up in poverty. It's something that is forever going to be impacting the lives of black people even alive and present, here and now.

3. Tom Emmer:

   I'm very confident that he'll be the next speaker, and I think he's ready for it, he's led this group very well. Keep in mind he took over as leader when we were at 199 members, and he's grown it both election cycles.

4. Tuncay Dinc:

   Next year we will have an IPO and become a public company in 2017.

5. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio:

   The next time there is attack on - an attack on this country, the first thing people are going to want to know is, why didn't we know about it and why didn't we stop it? and the answer better not be because we didn't have access to records or information that would have allowed us to identify these killers before they attacked.

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