NEXT Synonyms & Antonyms - 66 words

Definitions

[nekst] / nɛkst /

ADJECTIVE

coming immediately after in space, time, order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

later

WEAK

abutting adjacent adjoining after alongside attached back-to-back beside close closest coming consequent coterminous ensuing following hard by meeting nearest neighboring on the side proximate side-by-side subsequent succeeding touching

Antonyms

WEAK

earlier preceding previous

ADVERB

immediately after in time, space, order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afterward later

WEAK

after afterwhile behind by and by closely coming up following latterly next off subsequently thereafter

Antonyms

WEAK

earlier preceding previous

Example Sentences

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The Bank's next interest rate meeting is on Thursday 18 June.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Starmer has pledged to raise defence spending to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product from next year, increasing to three percent in the next parliament.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Read next: When a World Cup team loses, its country’s stock market also goes down.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Citi, JPMorgan Chase and other banks plan to launch a tokenized deposit system next year, The Wall Street Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

At the terminal on the far end, signals are converted back into chemical messengers, called neurotransmitters, for the short voyage across the synapse to the dendrites of the next neuron.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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