| Neighboring 1. (p. pr. & vb. n) of neighbor. 2. (a.) Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries. Thesaurus Entries abutting, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, bordering, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, close, close-by, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, end to end, endways, endwise, enfolding, enveloping, environing, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor, next, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, touching, wrapping |