Meanings
comparative more neighbourly · superlative most neighbourly · alternative US neighborly
- CanadaUKShowing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
She's so neighbourly that she always holds a welcoming party for new residents.
1 more example
I got the impression you were looking for something, and it crossed my mind to ask you what that might be. Just being friendly, sir, just being neighbourly.
2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, pages 4–5
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishneighbour
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishneighbourly
Translations
Bulgarian добросъседски
- добросъседски (dobrosăsedski)friendly
Estonian heanaaberlik
- heanaaberlikfriendly
Finnish naapurillinen
- naapurillinenfriendly
German nachbarlich
- nachbarlichfriendly
Hungarian jószomszédi
- jószomszédifriendly
Italian amichevole, cordiale
- amichevolefriendly
- cordialefriendly
- gentilefriendly
Polish dobrosąsiedzki
- dobrosąsiedzkifriendly
Russian добрососедский
- добрососедский (dobrososedskij)friendly
Ukrainian добросусі́дський
- добросусі́дський (dobrosusídsʹkyj)friendly
Cite this entry
neighbourly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neighbourly
“neighbourly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neighbourly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neighbourly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neighbourly.
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