Next definition
Next is an adjective meaning "immediately following in time or order." It has 5 meanings, as an adjective and an adverb, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, adverb
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Next as an adjective
immediately following in time or order
"next in line"
Same sense: following
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
"in the next room"
Same sense: side by side, adjacent
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
"our next president"
Same sense: future, succeeding
(of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment
"not this Saturday, next Saturday"
Next as an adverb
at the time or occasion immediately following
"next the doctor examined his back"
Synonyms and antonyms
- following
- side by side
- adjacent
- future definition
- succeeding
How to say next
Next has 1 syllable and rhymes with text. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with next
- text
- pretext
- perplexed
- subtext
- vexed
- flexed
- hypertext
- sexed
- teletext
- telexed
- videotext
NEXT in word games
- Scrabble
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Anagrams
- 0
Is NEXT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check NEXT in the word checker, or unscramble NEXT to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.