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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So Apple’s then-CEO, Gil Amelio, bought NeXT and got Jobs along with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

NeXT was moving a few hundred machines a month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Jobs was ousted in 1985 by the chief executive he recruited; he started NeXT Computer, purchased Pixar and only returned to Apple when the company was on the brink of running out of money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

After graduate school Miranker worked at I.B.M., a couple of Silicon Valley start-ups and NeXT, a computer company started by Steve Jobs after he was ousted from Apple in the mid-1980s.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2022

Amiga Persecution Complex is by no means limited to Amiga users; NeXT, NeWS, OS/2, Macintosh, LISP, and GNU users are also common victims.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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